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7	[[caption-width-right:350:'''''WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS?! I'LL MURDER THE BUM!!''''']]
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9	->'''Mrs. Beakley:''' Oh dear, no sign of them yet. Should I call the police?\
10	'''Scrooge:''' Aye, to hold me back when those rascals finally get home!
11	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp''
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13	A CrimeTimeSoap and DetectiveDrama trope.
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15	A detective (rarely a [[GreatDetective great one]], though), angered by a possible or actual perp being smug and possibly threatening someone else, lunges for them and has to be restrained by fellow officers. This is not usually part of a GoodCopBadCop ploy, instead being sheer anger or hatred on the part of the detective (often when ItsPersonal). Particularly vulnerable to stuff like IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim when there is actual murderous intent (this is quite rare in police shows, though).
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17	This trope is very easily PlayedForLaughs both within and outside the police procedural. Nastier examples, however, may very well overlap with TroubleEntendre or ReminiscingAboutYourVictims.
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25	* Monkey D. Garp from ''Franchise/OnePiece'' asks Sengoku to deliberately invoke this trope after seeing [[spoiler:Akainu kill Ace, his adopted son from Gold Roger]], saying that if Sengoku didn't, then he would kill [[spoiler:Akainu]].
26	* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'', when Ash's Scraggy is born, he tries introducing it to the rest of Ash's team. Scraggy, unfortunately, has a habit of using [[UseYourHead Headbutt]] to say hello. When Oshawott gets hit, it takes the combined might of Tepig and Pikachu to keep the extremely agitated otter away from Scraggy.
27	* In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', after Chibi-Usa causes the Sailor Guardians to get kidnapped by Rubeus by taking away Usagi's TransformationTrinket, Usagi viciously tries to pound Chibi-Usa before Mamoru holds her back from doing so.
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31	* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheOnceAndFutureStory'': Princess Artemis tried to make a run from her hiding place to attack Theseus as he forced her mother onto a boat, but was held back by her aunt Oreitha, who pointed out that her doing so would reveal those of their people who had managed to hide from the invaders and that she would be quickly overpowered and captured herself if she was allowed to try.
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35	* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': In the chapter ''Forward, the Light Brigade'', [[spoiler:Milly, Shirley, and Rivalz have to restrain Rai from attacking Marianne after she reveals her involvement in the Ragnarök Connection.]]
36	* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorldFernWithy'': Gale, Madge, Ed, and various others riot in plain view of the Capitol crowd and cameras after Snow revokes the rule change to try and make Katniss and Peeta kill each other, with it taking both wrestling champion Mellark brothers to hold Madge back from attacking a pair of Peacekeepers.
37	* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'':
38	** During the vacation arc, Anko becomes a ClingyJealousGirl when two pretty ladies are showing a lot of interest towards Kakashi. She tries to attack them, yelling that he's hers, but her lover restrains her from hurting the two ladies.
39	** After Sai tells Sakura that her chest is small while Hinata's is big, [[ACupAngst the pink-haired kunoichi doesn't take it well]] and tries to attack him, only to be restrained by Tsunade and Shizune.
40	* ''Fanfic/PersephonesWaltz'': When Sayaka is passing by a StorefrontTelevisionDisplay about Madoka's kidnapping, a man says to his friend, "I bet whoever's got her is taking some cute pictures of his own." It takes a manager, a nearby worker, and two waitresses from the café next door to pull Sayaka off him.
41	* ''Fanfic/RunAtTheCup'': After [[spoiler:Landsman's collision with Vi]], Claggor tries to go after Landsman, even dragging his teammates across the ice. Mylo talks Claggor down, arguing that Claggor is too essential to the team... then does [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown exactly what Claggor was trying to do]].
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45	* Gus in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' does this when the stepsisters tear up Cinderella's dress and later when the stepmother locks Cinderella in her room. Jaq has to hold him by his tail both times.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'':
47	** Scrooge refers to the trope when Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby fail to get home before dark. It never actually gets this far, however since the kids use one of their wishes to calm him down.
48	** Later, upon seeing Merlock coming for him after Genie warns him, Scrooge, recognizing Merlock as that "backstabbing banshee" who stole the treasure from him, tries to attack him, only for Genie to hold him back, because he's too powerful and could destroy Scrooge.
49	* Used in a FunnyBackgroundEvent gag in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': after Kuzco casually insults the lineup of his [[ArrangedMarriage bride candidates]] and turns his attention to other matters, one of the girls can be seen being physically restrained from attacking him.
50	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', Pegasus tries to attack Nessus after he struck Hercules twice, but Phil holds him back, citing that Herc has to fight him on his own.
51	* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'', Stitch has to hold Lilo back when [[AlphaBitch Mertle]] taunts her, but when the latter tells her she won't be as good a dancer as her deceased mother, Stitch lets her go and photographs the ensuing smackdown.
52	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', Timon tells Pumbaa to hold him back, and Pumbaa does so. He then yells "Let me at him, let me at him!" and Pumbaa does so.
53	-->'''Timon:''' I think you're missing the basic point here.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'': In "Christmas Impossible", Daisy and Scrooge hold Donald back when his nephews eat Scrooge's Christmas cookies.
55	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', Cri-Kee has to hold Mushu back by his tail after Shang angrily gets in Mulan's face.
56	* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', as a result of a HatePlague, Derpy picks a fight with ''[[MeaningfulName Bulk]]'' ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Biceps]]'' of all people. Lyra and Bon Bon hold her back.
57	* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Dodger and his gang are paid an unwanted visit by Sykes' two vicious Dobermans, Roscoe and [=DeSoto=]. When Roscoe threatens Francis for making mocking him, Tito is angered and attempts to fight Roscoe. Fortunately, Einstein, knowing the tiny Chihuahua stands no chance against the Doberman, holds him back.
58	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', the title character holds Jiminy Cricket back by his shirt when he tries to come at Lampwick.
59	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', we see a reporter named [[HateSink Rex Pester's]] inconsiderately and without warning interviewing Didi on how it feels to have lost her children. Betty has to be held back by Stu and Lou as Rex continues to [[{{Pun}} pester]].
60	* In ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', Merriweather has to be repeatedly restrained from attacking Maleficent… including after the latter had turned into a dragon.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'': The first time Puffin sees Rothbart, he tries to go give the (much larger) human a good roughing up. Jean-Bob physically holds him back, while Speed just tells him to chill.
62	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei has to be held back from tearing up the tapestry of her ancestor Sun Yee after she is told the story of what Sun Yee did.
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66	* ''Film/ConquestOfSpace'' (1955). The MsFanservice wife of the PluckyComicRelief sends a message via [[ZeeRust newsreel]] to her husband on the SpaceStation. Unfortunately she inadvertently gives away that she's having an affair. The man has to be restrained from attacking the screen.
67	* ''Film/DirtyHarry'', although it is more of a statement than done in anger.
68	* One of the methods of dealing with bullies that ''Film/DrillbitTaylor'' teaches the boys is the Holdback Technique, which is faking this trope to make the other party think you want to fight, ideally making them back off. When the boys try it at school, the one being held back is punched. Drillbit is surprised they actually tried it.
69	* ''Film/TheFullMonty'': Gaz's BerserkButton is triggered because Gerald called him and one of his friends "ugly", at least his friends restrained both Gaz and Gerald from fighting.
70	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': When all the students are getting off from the Hogwarts Express, Draco Malfoy provokes [[Film/HarryPotter Harry]] of him going to Azkaban. Harry lunges at Malfoy, only for Ron to quickly restrain him.
71	* ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'': Invoked by Detective Dormer, who is being blackmailed by Kay's killer for an incident in which he accidentally shot his partner. During the interrogation the actual killer tries to steer the cops to suspect Kay's abusive boyfriend with a "smoking gun" piece of evidence. Dormer has to get out of the interrogation room so he can plant the weapon before the cops search the boyfriend's apartment, so he aggressively questions and tries to hit him so his colleagues will think he's overworked and let him out for a while.
72	* In ''Film/LAConfidential'', Bud White's BerserkButton is triggered as he listens to a black suspect confessing to the incidental crime of kidnapping and raping a Mexican woman. He shatters the back of the chair he is leaning on, storms into the interrogation room, violently pushes the suspect against the wall, and places the barrel of his gun into his mouth. Go 50's!
73	* ''Film/LethalWeapon'', where they let Riggs fight with Mr. Joshua at the end.
74	* The scene is done without dialogue, but seems to occur in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''. After the group flees Moria [[spoiler:with Gandalf seemingly dying fighting the Balrog]], Boromir can be seen restraining a furious Gimili.
75	* Played straight in ''Film/MadMax1'' when one of the bikers is let go on a "No Contest" plea.
76	* Sgt. Kelloway from the movie version of ''Film/TheMask''. Granted, it had definitely become personal at that point, what with them finding a picture of Kelloway's wife in Stanley's pants.
77	* {{Invoked}} in the sequel to ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' -- Goldberg tells his teammates to hold him back while he makes a show of doing this during the game against Iceland.
78	* ''Film/SgtBilko'' plays this for comedy when Bilko charges at his rival, but waits just long enough for his flunkies to grab a hold of him before making a big show of trying to break free, obviously wanting no part in an actual fight.
79	* Parodied in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. Ted is suspected of being a twisted SerialKiller by a pair of detectives, but it's in fact a huge mix-up and Ted only ran into the real culprit without even knowing. This starts a MistakenConfession where Ted casually admits his habit of "picking up hitchhikers". When he says that he might have had up to fifty hitchhikers in his life and makes light of this fact, the more unnerved of the two cops bashes Ted's head into the table in rage.
80	* In several [[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges comedies]], one of the boys will demand that a woman holding them back release them so they can assault some [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious third party]]. Typically ends with them being released and deciding to allow the lady to handle it.
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84	* A Creator/CharlesExbrayat story has this: the inspector in in the interrogation room with a smug little drug dealer, along with a [[TheBigGuy huge]], [[CoolOldGuy middle-aged cop]] whose only daughter died of an overdose. When the dealer starts taunting the inspector, he starts to look as though he's going to punch the smartass... only to turn around and deck the other cop in the face. As both stare dumbfounded, he delivers this awesome line: "You disappoint me, Gunther. A two-bit drug dealer lays a hand on you and you just sit there?" [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Understanding dawns in the cop's face eyes just before fear does in the dealer's.]] Later we're told that the official version was that the cop saved the inspector from a violent criminal.
85	* ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': When a hockey opponent insults Jeff, a fight breaks out. Even after their respective teammates pull the two off each other, the fighting persists. Jeff throws his right glove while his left arm is held back by his teammates, and he even grabs the other player's helmet by the cage mask and violently pushes him away. It takes the referee suspending Jeff and giving the other a timeout to stop the fight.
86	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
87	** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': Ron has to be prevented from pummeling Malfoy when Malfoy says it's a "pity" Hermione didn't ''die'' from the Basilisk attack. Ron, justifiably furious, attempts to jump on him right then and there, despite having a faulty wand and Snape being in the room. Harry and Dean Thomas have to physically remove him from the room. All the while, Ron is telling them to let him go, he doesn't need a wand, he'll just kill Malfoy with his bare hands.
88	** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': Fred and George Weasley get grabbed and held back from attacking Draco by other members of the Quidditch team to prevent them getting the team in trouble with [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Umbridge]] after Draco implies that he was responsible for composing "[[TheHeroSucksSong Weasley is our King]]" to make fun of Ron and regrets not being able to fit a line in about their impoverished parents. When Draco decides to add a bit insulting [[ParentalSubstitute Molly]] and [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest Lily]] in the same go, Harry lets go of George and the two of them pummel Draco. Fred is furious he didn't get to partake since Katie, Alicia and Angelina have cooler heads and all three had been required to hold him back in the first place.
89	* In ''Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets'', one of the detectives, having brought in a suspect who raped and beat to death his toddler stepson, contemplates giving him a serious station-house beating with the knowledge that no one in the building would blame or implicate him in any way. He doesn't do it, but not out of compassion: he realizes that, tomorrow, somebody just as bad or worse will be in the same interview room and in the end it doesn't accomplish anything. He convinces another detective to conduct the interview instead while he regains his composure.
90	* When Literature/HonorHarrington learns, in ''The Honor of the Queen'', that a P.O.W. prison guard has been [[MoralEventHorizon ordering prisoners raped and beaten]], she goes after him with murderous intent. Only the intervention of one of her subordinates, who shoves her arm aside as she's pulling the trigger, keeps her from killing him. Rather than an IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim speech, though, she's told that there's no need to commit career suicide by killing him without a trial, when there's plenty of evidence to convict him and hang him after a full court-martial.
91	* Inverted, subverted, and played straight to different degrees in J.D. Robb's ''Literature/InDeath'' series. Most of the time Eve, the [[GoodCopBadCop Bad Cop]] in almost every interview, intentionally provokes this reaction, sometimes even letting them land a blow to justify EpicBattleBoredom. At the same time, some of the series' villains and their {{Sympathetic Murderer}}s will elicit this reaction from HotBlooded cops if [[ItsPersonal it's personal.]] Sometimes it looks like one party or the other will snap and lunge... only to cool down and call a lawyer or [[INeverSaidItWasPoison point out a flaw in the suspect's story.]]
92	* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''Crowfeather's Trial'', when Breezepelt learns that the stoats have evidently killed his mother, he tries to leave to attack them on his own, and it takes ''five'' cats to hold him plus his mate convincing him to wait.
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96	* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': In "Off to See the Wretched", Claire furiously confronts Vanessa lying to her and sneaking off to what would be a [[GoneHorriblyWrong disastrous]] concert experience; Cliff has to restrain her when it looks like she's going to get physical.
97	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
98	** Happened in an episode, but it was not one of the team who went across the table at the unsub; it was in fact the priest of the local church, who had helped organize a search for a missing woman in the community and had been asked to talk to the suspect after they captured him as he was a parishioner and might talk to the priest. The priest -- who has remained calm and composed the entire episode -- finally loses it when the suspect reveals he [[spoiler: chopped up the woman and made her into a stew that he then fed to the search parties.]]
99	** Subverted by the episode "Masterpiece", where it's after Rossi's moment that Jason Alexander's [=UnSub=] lunges across the table at Rossi - who promptly gains the upper hand, slams his head against a plate-glass window a couple times, and then calmly lets him go.
100	* Deconstructed in an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' where the murderer was [[RabidCop a cop]] who ended up accidentally [[PoliceBrutality killing an innocent eighteen-year-old teenage suspect in interrogation who wouldn't confess]] by not so accidentally knocking him over onto the concrete floor and let him die of head trauma.
101	* ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'':
102	** Danny after Aiden's death. He's wanting very badly to rough up the guy he thinks did it, but Mac is adamant he can't because it has to go by the book. It was someone else who killed her anyway in the end.
103	** There was one that initially appeared similar to the CSI example above, but it turned into a subversion. Flack has the misfortune for a kid to die in custody, during interrogation. It appears he might have gotten overzealous with the kid, but it later turns out the death was drug-induced.
104	* In one episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', Josh furiously charges at Drake after the latter makes him miss his chemistry exam, only for his classmates to hold him back and his teacher to throw him out of class again.
105	* Early in the ''Series/FamilyMatters'' episode "Life in the Fast Lane", the cheerleader captain tells Laura that she believes [[YouAreFat Laura has gained weight]] and, therefore, shouldn't be on top in the pyramid cheerleader routine. Laura promptly lunges at the cheerleader captain the moment the latter's back is turned, only for the other cheerleaders to hold her back before she manages to land an attack.
106	* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "A Touch of Class", Basil longs to thump Lord Melbury, who has conned him; a policeman holds him back, and Basil has to take out his anger on a flowerpot instead.
107	-->'''Basil:''' Just one! Just one!\
108	'''Policeman''' ''(restraining him):'' Sorry, Mr Fawlty.
109	* ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'': In "Now George Noah's Ex-Zack-ly What Happened", Ernie has to restrain George from attacking Carmen's delinquent boyfriend Zack when he makes a comment of how he plans to love her and leave her.
110	-->'''George:''' NEXT TIME, ERNIE'S NOT GONNA BE HERE!
111	* Often happens with Bill Oddie in ''Series/TheGoodies'', though there it's played for comic effect.
112	* ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': Geiz is a {{Tsundere}} with HairTriggerTemper and duty to look after his ArchEnemy so he naturally has to be held back quite often. He looks like an angry child throwing a tantrum more often than not and noone treats him as anything else when he is at it. Also, his ideas on how to be a jerk can be laughably petty.
113	* A sketch in ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' is an extended look at a guy failing to invoke this. He's trying to intimidate another patron at a bar, but his friend absolutely fails to pick up any hints to hold him back and makes no effort to do so no matter what. The guy keeps trying to get him to do it regardless and tries to claim that he's too strong and skilled to fight, which just makes his friend both [[FridgeLogic point out]] he's probably too strong to be restrained and interested in seeing this sudden prowess.
114	* In the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Kojak}}'', "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", Kojak has to be restrained from clobbering the killer, Teddy Hopper, a man who he had been mentoring and defending, convinced of his innocence.
115	* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/TheLastDetective'', where the protagonist, who is as far from being a RabidCop as is possible does this against a criminal who beat up his best friend. It's a rather ineffectual lunge and Dangerous' boss, an OldFashionedCopper, finds it amusing.
116	* Subverted in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': in Season 6, Det. Goren is interviewing convicted serial killer Mark Ford Brady in an effort to find more of his victims before he is executed, and when it becomes clear that Brady [[spoiler: raped Goren's mother and may well be his own father]], Goren snaps and goes for his throat. There's a prison guard right there in the room, but he doesn't interfere in any way; Goren just gets control of himself.
117	* Elliot Stabler of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' has had trouble controlling himself before.
118	** In one episode it's his partner Olivia Benson who's launched at a particularly disgusting serial killer and Stabler has to pull her off.
119	* A rare comedic example is ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', where Marcy is frequently having to be pulled off Al, usually as a result of him [[ACupAngst making fun of her figure]] or [[StrawFeminist her feminist beliefs]].
120	* ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'': A variation of this trope, where Bilko ordered his men to hold him back in a serious and threatening tone, then proceeded to struggle against them trying to get at the guy who pissed him off. As he starts to break free, he urges them with greater and greater urgency to hold him back better (so he doesn't have to actually fight).
121	** This got played again in the Steve Martin ''Sgt. Bilko'' film. Bilko commands that he be held back, then begins shouting "Lemme at 'im!" Of course, this was all for show.
122	* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' The Cat, during "Blue" while the crew are being forced to sit through "The Rimmer Experience", which portrays Rimmer as giving the Cat fashion advice. Despite Rimmer not actually being there, the Cat wants to kill him for his atrocious tips.
123	-->'''The Cat:''' Let me at him! I'm gonna kill him! Carvery quill? What does he think I am, a woodwork teacher?!
124	* ''Series/SueThomasFBEye'': In "[[Recap/SueThomasFBEyeS2E7BadHairDay Bad Hair Day]]", Tara shoots an armed criminal who bursts into a hair salon. Unfortunately, said criminal's brother happens to be TheDreaded Carlos Gonzales, aka Crazy Loco. While they're confronting Crazy Loco about threatening Tara, Loco suggests he might "say hello" if he happens to see her. Jack has to hold Bobby back from getting into a physical fight with him.
125	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
126	** When Gadreel enters the bunker to work with Sam, Dean, and Castiel on bringing down [[spoiler:Metatron]], Dean gets close enough to [[spoiler:nearly fatally injure him with the First Blade]] and then has to be held back by Sam and Castiel while he growls angrily at the angel.
127	* ''Series/UltramanTaro'': During the two-part episode where the Ultra Brothers in their human forms visits Kohtaro Higashi (Ultraman Taro's human host) in the middle of ArcVillain Alien Temperor's invasion, Kohtaro managed to defeat Temperor in battle and smugly tells his brothers the alien is "no big deal for a pro like him" while walking away. An enraged Seiji Hokuto (Ultraman Ace, Taro's elder brother) tries lashing out at Kohtaro from behind, while Goh Hideki (Ultraman Jack) holds Seiji back telling him to calm down.
128	* In ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder faces a serial child murderer who claims Mulder's sister as a victim. Driven over the edge, Mulder smacks him out of the seat. When the perp yells, "He hit me!" the guard shrugs and says, [[BlatantLies "I didn't see it."]]
129	* ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'': In Episode 16, Ian discovers that Aigallon was the one who murdered his best friend, and not the MonsterOfTheWeek from Episode 4 as he previously believed. The result is a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that, at one point, has his own allies Souji and Nobuharu trying and failing to restrain him. Considering the fact that Nobuharu has SuperStrength, the fact that they are unable to contain him is a testament to how furious he is.
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133	* During the music video for the song "Music/TonightTonight" by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, the gentleman of the depicted couple that travelled to the Moon puts up his dukes when they are encountered by aliens. The lady pulls him aside, and whacks a couple aliens with her umbrella, [[DefeatEqualsExplosion making them pop]].
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137	* Nadine has this habit in ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues''. She lunges at Hyeon when he encourages Longhorn to ship her and Hyeon together, and has to be held back by Benedict. Later on she attempts to attack Travers in their classroom, and Zia has to hold her back until Josephine convinces her to calm down.
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141	* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', Alduin, the [[DragonsAreDemonic draconic]] BigBad BeastOfTheApocalypse, [[spoiler:flees to Sovngarde, the [[HornyVikings Nordic]] WarriorHeaven, after being bested by the [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] once]]. There, the old Nordic god Tsun and the warrior spirits of Sovngarde desire to to battle Alduin when the he begins consuming the souls within Sovngarde. For unknown reasons, [[TopGod Shor]] holds them back.
142	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
143	** In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', when Geno informs Gaz that he's going to join Mario on a quest and Gaz agrees that Mario needs all the help he can get, Mallow has to physically restrain Mario from decking Gaz.
144	** In ''VideoGame/BowsersFury'', [[spoiler:Bowser Jr. has to hold his father from ripping Mario to shreds after changing him back to normal]] in the ending. Then the RevealShot shows the "land" they are standing on [[spoiler:is Giga Cat Plessie, whom Bowser was no match against when he was gigantic. Bowser Jr. proves [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he is wiser]] than his father.]]
145	* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', the Human Footmen say the line when ordered to attack.
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149	* ''WebAnimation/TheMusicFreaks'': In the beginning of “[[Recap/TheMusicFreaksS1E3PinkHairedDevil Pink-Haired Devil]]” Luke has to hold Milly back to keep her from attacking Zoey.
150	* ''WebAnimation/TF2Analysis'': Played with in "A Helping Hoof". Lightning Bliss asks Finn to hold her back from laying it on Toon Critic for making constant short jokes. However, Finn doesn't quite understand the concept and is so serviable that anytime she yells "LET ME AT HIM!", he actually let goes of her, to Bliss's annoyance.
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154	* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': A Flashback shows this happening between the Ruinous Powers of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and their EN CaptainErsatz. Or rather, between [[WimpFight the Patterner and Tzeentch]]. Funny enough, [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2014-01-18/comic/non-storyline/randoms/everchosen/ but the people restraining those two]] are the Hound and freaking ''KHORNE''.
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158	* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E24TheMan "The Man"]]. Richard is furious at his mother's new boyfriend Louie, but won't actually hurt an old man, so he tells his sons to grab his arm and leg as Louie walks out his door.
159	-->'''Richard:''' LEMME AT 'EM! LEMME AT 'EM! You're lucky they're here, or you'd end up in a mobility scooter for the rest of your life!
160	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Given [[BrooklynRage Wheeler's]] short temper and [[BigBrotherInstinct protectiveness of the others]], it's not uncommon for people to have to hold him back from attacking the villain of the week.
161	** "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS1E17DontDrinkTheWater Don't Drink the Water]]": When Plunder gloats about having "eliminated" Captain Planet and most of the Planeteers, eco-villain henchmen Rigger and Bleak have to hold Wheeler back from attacking him.
162	** "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E1MindPollution Mind Pollution]]": Combined with YouLeaveHimAlone. Skumm's scheme ''du jour'' involves drugs, and to prevent the team from being able to call in Captain Planet, he gets Linka hooked with contaminated food. Seeing Skumm abusing the girl he loves naturally infuriates Wheeler, and the others have to grab him to keep him from going on a RoaringRampageOfRescue/[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Revenge]].
163	** "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E17And18SummitToSaveEarth Summit to Save Earth Part 2]]": It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but not long after the beginning, as [[BigBad Zarm]] is talking about the prospect of both Gaia and Earth being destroyed, Wheeler tries to charge at him in anger. Kwame has to quickly grab his friend's arm and shoulder to stop him.
164	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
165	** The ColdOpen of "Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S." has Numbuh One trying to stop the Delightful Children From Down the Lane from giving their speech, only to be held back by security. This allows the DCFDTL to continue their speech and have Numbuh One sent to jail as their first order of business.
166	** The series finale has Numbuhs One and Four being held back by their fellow operatives from attacking [[BrattyHalfPint Numbuh 363]] after he insults each of them on different occasions, simply because he's Numbuh 362's little brother.
167	* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' episode "New Mexico" has the title character and Chris on a mission to get revenge of New Mexico. One scene in particular has the two asking a librarian at the library the books of the information of the state, in which the librarian answers is the sections between 900-908. Dan thinks the librarian is talking in codes and attempts to hop over the counter to attack him. Chris, of course, effortlessly holds him back, telling his sociopathic friend it's a "benign code".
168	* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'': In the cartoon "WesternAnimation/TheVanishingPrivate", Sergeant Pete invokes this trope word for word when he sees the [[InvisibleMainCharacter invisible Donald's]] footprints appear behind the General - who is busy trying to talk him down from throwing around the armload of live hand grenades he is using to blow Donald out of hiding. As the General is already convinced Pete has gone completely bananas, he tries to restrain Pete and so doesn't notice Donald help himself to the sword from his dress uniform and stab Pete in the backside with it, causing him to drop the grenades.
169	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!", Scrooge and Dewey have to hold Gyro back from attacking his intern Fenton when he finds out that Mark Beaks plagiarized his RobotBuddy invention because Fenton leaked the schematics onto the Internet.
170	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
171	** "Is There An Ed In The House" has Edd wanting to get at Sarah for giving him a cold. Ed has to hold him back.
172	** In "Cool Hand Ed", the Eds are trying to escape school and Jonny and Plank want to join them. When Eddy refuses, Plank threatens to snitch on them for revenge. Then Eddy tries to attack him but Ed holds him back. Eddy even yells "Let me at him!! I'll--I'll--"
173	** In the movie, Lee does this when [[spoiler:Eddy's brother beats up her "boyfriend" Eddy in front of everyone]]. Her sisters have to hold her back. [[spoiler:Seeing him [[GrievousHarmWithABody use Eddy to beat down Edd]] shocks her enough to stop.]]
174	--->'''Lee:''' WHAT'S HE DOING TO MY MAN?!
175	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
176	** In "Brian Griffin's House of Payne", Joe tries to attack Brian after watching his [[ExecutiveMeddling massacred]] TV pilot, leaving Peter and Quagmire to hold him back. Bonnie (who apparently had to deal with this before) advised them to keep his anus above his head.
177	** Happens briefly in "Tiegs For Two". After discovering that Brian hooked up with his former lover out of spite, Quagmire attempts to give him a beatdown, only to be restrained by Peter.
178	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In the episode "Bag of Money", Gerald has to drag away a kicking-and-screaming Sid when he accuses Arnold of being a thief.
179	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' - In "Double Date", Green Arrow and Black Canary are assigned to Mandragora, a crime boss offering to testify against others, who's being as crass about Black Canary as possible. Arrow needs the feds to hold him back while Canary just stands there, confident that he can't get under her skin. Then he asks her if all the ''real'' men in the League were taken. Cut to them both being ordered out of the house.
180	-->'''Black Canary:''' I hope you're proud of yourself. Now we have to do guard duty from outside.\
181	'''Green Arrow:''' Hope ''I'm'' proud of myself? You're the one that punched him!
182	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
183	** "WesternAnimation/ATaleOfTwoKitties": Catstello says this after being told that the bird he's after is an eensy weensy defenseless little bird.
184	** "WesternAnimation/TortoiseBeatsHare": Bugs Bunny literally says this in the intro, after reading the title card.
185	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': When [[FieryRedhead Rainbow Dash]] is ready to [[LeeroyJenkins charge headfirst into a problem]], [[TeamMom Applejack's]] normally the one who holds her back by her tail, prompting this reaction.
186	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
187	** A pretty weird one happens in the episode "Los Dos Mojos". When a knock on the head makes Bubbles think she's Mojo, Blossom is about to fight her, but Buttercup holds her back, reminding her that it's Bubbles. Then Bubbles insults Buttercup... And then ''Blossom'' has to hold ''Buttercup'' back.
188	** In "Fallen Arches", when the elderly supervillains insult the girls, Blossom holds back Buttercup and Bubbles, saying [[HonorBeforeReason they have to respect their elders]].
189	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersS1E6TheBoogiemanCometh The Boogieman Cometh]]" has the Ghostbusters fighting the Boogieman for the entire episode. After [[TheGadfly Slimer]] scares them with some movement in the closet as a joke, the other three Ghostbusters have to hold Peter back from blasting him with a proton gun.
190	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Almost every time Spinelli tries starting a fight.
191	* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': It's Scrappy-Doo's catchphrase.
192	* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': The WholeEpisodeFlashback episode "Escape from Galaluna" has Lance being restrained by two other soldiers for punching his commander after he accuses him of killing hostages. The commander later on turns out to be a traitor.
193	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': It's a recurring joke in the series.
194	** Harold welcomes Leshawna to the island by calling her big and loud in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNotSoHappyCampersPartOne Not So Happy Campers - Part 1]]". Naturally, she takes offense and gets ready to batter him to his knees when Bridgette and DJ jump in to hold her back and save Harold.
195	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheBigSleep The Big Sleep]]", Eva gets violent towards Chris when he interrupts the campers' sleep to send them on a long run without even any breakfast. Duncan and Geoff hold her back physically while Courtney tries to talk sense into her.
196	** Heather has zero sympathy for the rash Leshawna gets from touching pineapple, despite that she pointedly ignored Leshawna's protests when she ordered her to slice them in "[[Recap/TotalDramaIfYouCantTakeTheHeat If You Can't Take the Heat...]]". She tells Leshawna to scratch only after the challenge is over and to get back to work, upon which Leshawna charges at her. Gwen, Lindsay, and Beth physically prevent her from going through with the beatdown.
197	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaMillionDollarBabies Million Dollar Babies]]", Lindsay gets angry at Chris when he declares Harold the winner of the boxing match for technical reasons despite that Lindsay knocked him out. Lindsay prepares to take her punches to Chris, but Justin and Courtney hold her back.
198	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaGreecesPieces Greece's Pieces]]", once Courtney learns that Duncan, who's not present at the time, cheated on her with Gwen, she turns to her teammate and prepares to do her bodily harm. Sierra keeps a hold on Courtney, even lifting her from the ground at one point, to prevent things getting out of hand.
199	** Scott convinces everyone that Dawn is the one who went around stealing whatever she could in "[[Recap/TotalDramaBackstabbersAhoy Backstabbers Ahoy!]]". Anne Maria wants to beat her up for stealing her hairbrush, but Jo, whose whistle was stolen, stops her teammate in her tracks not to save Dawn, but to call dibs.
200	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaAMineIsATerribleThingToWaste A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste]]", Anne Maria, Scott, and Zoey are flung from their mine cart into an underwater lake, where Scott lands on top of Anne Maria. Anne Maria rises up, throws him off of her, and is all set to beat him mercilessly for the affront, but Zoey grabs her arms to hold her back, arguing it was an accident.
201	** Sugar aims to take down Ella in "[[Recap/TotalDramaILoveYouILoveYouKnots I Love You, I Love You Knots]]" for using pageant talk. Fortunately for Ella, Sugar gets restrained by Dave and Shawn.
202	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaILoveYouILoveYouKnots I Love You, I Love You Knots]]", Rodney taunts the chicken Clucky by telling her he eats six eggs a day. She wants to fight him, but Chris holds her back with both his arms and words... for a few minutes.
203	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': In "[[Recap/WakfuS1E10TheGobbowlInfernoPart1 The Gobbowl Inferno - Part 1]]", Eva has to physically hold back Amalia from a shopkeeper she gets mad at. Meanwhile, Yugo and Pinpin have to hold back Ruel from attacking the boat seller.
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206	[[folder: Real Life]]
207	* In an inversion of expectations, a crowd of helpful bystanders responding to Richard Lawrence's assassination attempt on President UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson had to hurry... to restrain ''Jackson''. This was because Jackson, infamous for both his terrible temper and frightful bloody-mindedness, was bludgeoning ''the assassin'' with [[CaneFu his walking stick]] after the latter's pistols [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns failed him]]. The responders, including no less a figure than UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett, had to stop the President from further mangling Lawrence, [[PreferJailToTheProtagonist whose subsequent arrest was probably a mercy by comparison]]. To this day, Jackson is the only president to stop his own assassination attempt, and the only president that had to be stopped from ''killing his own would-be assassin''.
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