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10[[quoteright:250:[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unstoppable_rage_hulk_smash.png]]]]
11[[caption-width-right:250:[[CharacterCatchphrase Don't make him angry]]. [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry You won't like him when he's angry.]]\
12[-[[http://el-grimlock.deviantart.com/art/Hulk-SMASH-92867698 Image]] by [[http://el-grimlock.deviantart.com/ el-grimlock]]. Used with permission.-]]]
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15->''"When I try to remember, everything goes by too fast. I had it by the neck. It pulled Jenna toward its open mouth. I squeezed hard... pulled... The kids say I tore the thing's head off, just ripped it right out with all the flesh and muscle and whatever else hanging in tatters."''
16-->-- '''Mary Jo Miller''', [[MamaBear Californian soccer mom]], ''Literature/WorldWarZ''
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18One of the worst things you can ever do with a hero is to do something that gets them well and truly ''furious'', because rage makes good guys unbeatable. They will go into a frenzy and become stronger, faster, braver, more agile and more indestructible than they've ever been, and they ''will'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown annihilate you]]. This holds particularly true if the character in question is generally [[BewareTheNiceOnes meek]] and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass feeble]]. Often indicated with AngryEyebrows in animation. Caution must be employed by the character, since such tantrums can sometimes lead to a HeroicBSOD.
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20Used widely in {{shonen|Demographic}} anime. Perhaps because the young male demographic likes to see fast and brutal retribution against enemies who most likely [[BullyingADragon brought it on themselves.]]
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22Sometimes referred to gaining HeroicResolve, particularly if it's in response to a threat against [[{{Protectorate}} somebody or something that the hero cares about]]. This is a common result of pressing the character's BerserkButton, and especially occurs if [[BewareTheNiceOnes a nice person is pushed a little too far]]. They might [[BerserkerTears cry but won't stop their attacks.]] Characters in the grip of an Unstoppable Rage are prone to a FoeTossingCharge. They might KickThemWhileTheyAreDown without realizing that they are doing it.
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24For the quantum leap in badassery achieved [[TheStoic without an emotional overflow]], see LetsGetDangerous. In videogames, this is often a LimitBreak, or a EleventhHourSuperpower.
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26However, there is always the {{subver|tedTrope}}sion where a character ends up BlindedByRage, where making them angry usually causes them to lose focus, [[MomentOfWeakness make poor decisions]] and fall victim to UntouchableUntilTagged. [[VillainousBreakdown Interestingly enough, this case usually happens to villains.]] [[TurnsRed Unless they are a video game enemy]].
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28Compare with SuperpoweredEvilSide. See also RageBreakingPoint, where this is set off by a multitude of things piling up until a final event proves to be the last straw. ThePowerOfHate is a similar concept, but focused on hate instead of simply fury.
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30Contrast with TranquilFury, often preceded by a DeathGlare or DullEyesOfUnhappiness. May be instilled in {{Actual Pacifist}}s with TeachHimAnger. A character who lives by this and counts on it may be TheBerserker. A RoaringRampageOfRevenge (or its smaller, arguably more spontaneous counterpart, ExtremeMeleeRevenge) may include this.
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32This trope is [[OlderThanDirt WAY older than you might think]]--it was so well established by their time the ancient Greeks actually referred to this trope as "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristeia aristeia]]". Literal translation? "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome An act of supreme excellence]]". Yes, seriously. Even more surprising is the longstanding association with {{angst}}y and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim broadly appealing]] characters like [[AchillesInHisTent Achilles]].
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36!!Examples:
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38[[index]]
39* UnstoppableRage/AnimeAndManga
40* UnstoppableRage/ComicBooks
41* UnstoppableRage/FanWorks
42* UnstoppableRage/{{Literature}}
43* UnstoppableRage/LiveActionTV
44* UnstoppableRage/TabletopGames
45* UnstoppableRage/VideoGames
46* UnstoppableRage/{{Webcomics}}
47* UnstoppableRage/WesternAnimation
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52[[folder:Comic Strips]]
53* In ''ComicStrip/ScaryGary'', sometimes Leopold gets angry enough to go all-out on a violent rampage, although the results are usually just lightly talked about after the fact, since it would be ''just'' [[{{Squick}} a bit much for a newspaper comic to show in detail.]]
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56[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
57* During the big showdown at the end of ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'', [[TheDragon Chula the spider]] takes Miss Kitty hostage. This causes Tiger to flip out, barking ferociously and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWMlQ5Ut9xo&feature=related singlehandedly kicking the asses]] of all of Cat R. Waul's {{Mooks}} before dragging Chula down and tossing him on the mousetrap's arm with the rest of the baddies.
58* The Beast in Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' often calls upon this trope, particularly when Belle is placed in danger.
59* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': [[spoiler: When Hiro learns Callaghan was Yokai, and he was responsible for Tadashi's death, he goes ''[[BerserkButton absolutely berserk]]'' (albeit in a TranquilFury way) and turns Baymax into a killing machine in order to kill Callaghan. He doesn't even calm down until he sees Tadashi's video.]]
60* Queen Elinor as Mum-Bear in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' [[BerserkButton gets some moments]] while going MamaBear to protect Merida from [[BigBad Mor'du]]. Also, her husband, Fergus, when [[MistakenForOwnMurderer he thinks Mor'du had kidnapped or killed her]] and chases her, gets this moment, despite Merida's [[CassandraTruth desperate protests about the bear's identity]].
61* Madam Blue towards the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'' film ''Dougal and the Blue Cat''. She is quite livid upon finding out from Buxton that Blue Peter is actually Dougal, that she strips Buxton from his title of King and unleashes a violent thunderstorm around the treacle factory, causing it to collapse. By the time she calms down, Madam Blue screams in agony over her failure of turning everything in the universe blue.
62* [[PunnyName Hannover Fiste]] towards Captain Sternn in ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'': '''"STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!"''' [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out it was all an act.]]
63* The titular character from ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' when he's threatened. Explicitly stated to be part of his programming, that has absolutely nothing to do with rage and he has no conscious control over it initially. To be clear, [[spoiler: he resists with his little friend's help and runs away, but when the attacks persist and his friend appears to be dead, the giant emotes some very clear rage and engages his attack-response programming]]
64* From ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', we get to see what's beneath [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Unikitty's]] GenkiGirl persona when it slips. Woe betide anyone she unleashes her rage onto, as the climax could attest.
65* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Bowser goes into one HELL of an unstoppable rage after Mario ruins his wedding.
66* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'':
67** Pumbaa the Warthog (and the ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' series) goes into an Unstoppable Rage [[FoeTossingCharge charge]] whenever someone calls him a pig.
68--->'''Pumbaa:''' [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs They call me...]] '''''[[ShoutOut MISTER PIIIIIIIG!!!]]'''''
69** Simba himself is [[http://www.lionking.org/~tlkpride/images/screencaptures/fight.jpg in this state]] throughout the movie's climax after Scar reveals that he killed Mufasa.
70--->'''Simba:''' '''''MURDERER!!'''''
71* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'':
72** King Triton has one when he destroys Ariel's secret grotto after she confesses her love to Eric. The second it ends and he sees his daughter sobbing her heart out, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he regrets it]].
73** Ursula the Sea Witch becomes angry (after what Ariel did to Flotsam and Jetsam), causing the evil hag to grow into a 50-foot giant (while wearing King Triton's crown and using King Triton's trident to wipe the mermaid out).
74* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the main reason why Mei's family wants her to seal her red panda form is because her mother went on violent rampages when angered. The first time it happened resulted in Ming accidentally scarring Wu and the second time led to Ming destroying half the temple when Wu initially refused to bless her relationship with Jin. When her red panda form is unleashed in the climax, she does massive damage to the [=SkyDome=], and gets angrier when Mei finally stands up to her.
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78* In ''Film/ThreeHundred'', the Captain flies into such a rage when [[spoiler:he sees his son Astinos get his head chopped off on the battlefield during a lull in the action]]. A decent amount of single-handed ass-kicking ensues until three of his fellow Spartans have to physically restrain him and drag him back to their camp.\
79This is even more badass when his screams are carried all the way to the Persian camp, and ''scares them more than the deepest battledrums''.
80* ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'': Neytiri flies of the ''deep'' end of this [[spoiler:after Neteyam is killed, going on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge murderous rampage]] and [[MookHorrorShow gruesomely slaughtering all of Quaritch's squad by herself]]. The rampage is such that Spider is forced to go into hiding, cowering in fear as he watches the carnage unfold, and culminates with Neytiri killing the last squad member in her vicinity, [[ScreamingWarrior screaming in pure, blistering rage at the top of her lungs]] and [[AngryAnimalisticGrowl snarling like a rabid wild animal]].]]
81* ''Film/TheBlindSide'': Michael, normally a GentleGiant, gets his BerserkButton hit and hulks out when [[spoiler: a drug dealer [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt makes sexual comments]] about Leigh Anne and Collins]].
82* Ralphie in ''Film/AChristmasStory''. After getting a C+ on his "What I Want For Christmas" essay, and feeling really despondent, neighborhood bully Scot Farkus pelts him in the face with a snowball. After he adds some verbal taunting, Ralphie snaps and beats the everloving crap out of him, while other neighborhood kids look on, reducing Farkus to a sobbing, miserable wreck.
83* ''Film/{{District 9}}'': Wikus in the final battle.
84* ''Film/DueDate'': After [[Creator/RobertDowneyJr Peter Highman]] finds out Ethan [[spoiler:had stole his wallet to make him join him for a ride across the country]], he furiously rages at Ethan and is on the verge of strangling him until his wife calls.
85* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'''s John Preston goes into a TranquilFury version of this after [=DuPont=] spends a moment to gloat about how Preston [[UnwittingPawn played right into his hands]]. No one survives the resultant GunKata [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge asskicking spree.]]
86* Jason Voorhees, the main killer from the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series, is made of this. A bad childhood with him used as the other kids' chew toy, nearly got drowned and has seen his own mother, the only person in the world who treated him as a human being, killed by some girl are all the ingredients needed to create an immortal, vengeful serial killer who is spending his time butchering people that get too close to him. [[Film/FreddyVsJason Hell, his rage is so great that not even the Dream Demon Freddy Krueger himself can fight it]].
87* ''Film/TheFugitive'': Richard Kimble displays this upon finally encountering the man who murdered his wife, and upon confronting his [[spoiler:so-called friend who set the murder plot in motion]].
88* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': After [[spoiler:Quellek is shot]], Alexander Dane charges the perpetrator in a fury and takes him down. When we next see him, he's still fighting his way through Sarris' armed and armored troops -- and, from the look of things, he's ''winning''.
89* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' destroys cities because he's angry.
90** Go ahead. Mess with Godzilla's son. That's a dare. That's a ''double''-dare. No matter what the timeline, messing with Godzilla's kid is a very ''painful'' way to commit suicide, because Godzilla won't just KILL you, he'll '''''END''''' you.
91* Oddly enough, in both ''Film/GoodFellas'' and ''Film/{{Casino}}'', Creator/JoePesci seems to have a dangerously psychotic Unstoppable Rage that goes off from something as simple as a [[HairTriggerTemper misunderstood compliment]]. Actually averted in Pesci's famous "You think I'm funny?" scene. He's just screwing around with Henry Hill. What he does to Billy Batts and Spider, on the other hand...
92* Jack, of ''Film/JackBrooksMonsterSlayer'', is prone to this as a result of his DarkAndTroubledPast. It comes in handy against the monsters.
93* In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Rexie is already furious when she sees the ''I. rex'' intruding on her territory. But after receiving a savage beating and [[spoiler: Blue giving her a HeroicSecondWind, she goes full-on berserk and gives ''I. rex'' an ''even more intense'' beatdown.]]
94* In ''Film/LegendsOfTheFall'', Brad Pitt's character Tristan Ludlow goes on an Unstoppable Rage-fueled RoaringRampageOfRevenge after he watches his younger brother die on a WWI battlefield from machine gun fire and mustard gas. He not only slaughters every German in the vicinity but arrives back at field camp the next morning wearing warpaint of mud and blood and strings of fresh German scalps.
95* In ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'', Big Chris, for all his ruthless coercion and threatening demeanor, is rather a reasonable chap . . . until a man takes his son prisoner. He goes full PapaWolf on the man, smashing his head repeatedly in a car door while roaring incoherently.
96* Lancelot in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', in his [[RefugeInAudacity hilarious]], over-the-top, and [[HighPressureBlood gruesome]] assault on Swamp Castle. He is snapped out of it by "unexpected" nature of his "princess", is verbally accused [[CrossesTheLineTwice back into the rage again]], then [[spoiler: apologizes to his victims profusely, in sheer embarrassment. "Sorry. Sorry. You see what I mean? I just get carried away. I'm really most awfully sorry. Sorry! Sorry, everyone."]] [[OlderThanTheyThink This is a trait of the character in the original legends.]]
97* In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Miss Piggy flies into one of these, complete with NightmareFuel eyes, when a villainous scientist tells her he's about to zap Kermit's brain. Mentioning [[BerserkButton bacon]] doesn't help his cause.
98* Subverted in ''Film/MysteryMen'' with Mr. Furious, a superhero seemingly built around Unstoppable Rage -- except that when he rages, he isn't much less stoppable than a "normal" adrenaline-fueled angry person. He doesn't become substantially stronger, tougher or faster, which isn't very useful. During the final battle, however, [[spoiler:his rage apparently gives him enough momentum to overcome the BigBad, as the other instances were him trying to invoke this trope and failing miserably]].
99* In ''Film/ThePatriot2000'', French & Indian War veteran Benjamin Martin is fueled with unstoppable rage when his second-oldest son is shot point-blank by the evil British Cavalry officer Col. Tavington. With minimal help from his two pint-sized sons, Ben brutally takes down a contingent of British Redcoats, not satisfied with making them dead but burning through all of that rage by hacking at one soldier's bloody corpse.
100* The 3rd act of ''Film/PoliceStory'' features a rare look at Creator/JackieChan's typical happy-go-lucky character snapping and going to town on everyone that's done him wrong. This includes beating the crap out of people who can't fight worth a damn like a doctor and a lawyer, but they've all been such huge jerks through the whole film that it's easy to cheer him on every step of the way.
101* ''Film/{{Rage}}'', previously known as "Tokarev", stars Creator/NicolasCage as Paul Maguire. [[spoiler:"Rage" is actually the point of the movie, as it blinds our hero to actuality and drives him to execute a misconceived bloodbath of friend and foe.]]
102* PlayedForLaughs in the short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbGw_cWgr5U The Saw]]'' (by Creator/RoosterTeeth collaborator Samantha Ireland), where a woman attending an anger management group decides to use her fury to become a "heroine", The Saw (shortened from the original [[FunWithAcronyms Super Angry Woman]]).
103* ''Film/Serenity2005'':
104** River Tam is [[HeroicBSOD rendered catatonic and helpless]] by the madness of the Reavers pushing in on her mind during the final battle, until her brother gets shot. [[WaifFu Ass-kicking]] [[CurbStompBattle results]].
105** The name in the Latin American dubbing is ''Serenity: Unstoppable Rage''.
106** Reavers are like this ALL THE TIME.
107* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' features a comedic example when one of the eponymous villains manages to singe Princess Vespa's hair with a laser blast, causing her to flip out and annihilate an entire squad.
108* The eponymous hero in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' flies into a fit of rage anytime his loved ones are threatened or harmed, usually resulting in beatdown for the villains.
109** In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', Green Goblin taunts that after finishing him in their fight, he will kill Mary Jane, whilst making her death 'nice and slow'; Spider-Man quickly recovers and beats the crap out of him.
110** After kidnapping Mary Jane in ''Film/SpiderMan2'', Dr. Octopus rather smugly refuses to give up her location and Spidey attacks him in retaliation.
111** This happens several times in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', once where he confronts and almost kills the Sandman for killing his uncle, the next where he thrashes Harry Osborn in his own home for ruining his life with Mary Jane, the next where Harry takes a blow (two spikes attached to his board) from Venom meant for Peter and is killed because of it.
112* After Kirk [[spoiler: dies of radiation poisoning,]] Spock goes absolutely ballistic and almost beats Harrison to death at the end of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. If it wasn't for him being told that they needed [[spoiler: Khan's blood to save Kirk's life]], Spock likely would've killed him with one more punch. This is ''why'' Vulcans are trained from birth to have complete control over their emotions. A Vulcan's rage is far more intense than a human's, and they have SuperStrength to go with it.
113* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
114** Luke Skywalker spends most of the original trilogy actively not giving in to anger because that leads to TheDarkSide, but when Darth Vader makes the mistake of [[RelativeButton threatening to turn Leia to the Dark Side]] during their final confrontation in ''Return of the Jedi'', he immediately goes berserk, interrupts Vader's sentence, and beats Vader on sheer, Force-augmented aggression (despite being a full foot shorter and with the corresponding reach disadvantage), only stopping after he chops off Vader's mechanical hand and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes]] just how close he just came to [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim becoming like him]].
115** It runs in the family: when Anakin completely destroys a village of Sand People after they killed his mother. "Not just the men, but the women and the children too."
116** The final Luke-Vader duel would be the UrExample of sometimes-Force-enhanced psychological warfare gone wrong. Although, sometimes spurring someone into this (particularly with repressed anger) was actually the intended effect; Palpatine had actually been attempting this on Luke right before and after the duel... but his obviousness of intent probably helped Luke pull himself back from the brink.
117** Obi-Wan Kenobi goes into a TranquilFury after Darth Maul mortally wounds [[spoiler: Qui-Gon Jinn]]. He succeeds in chopping Maul's lightsaber in half and knocks him down at one point, but Maul uses a Force push to get the best of him. Obi-Wan then calms down and uses an unexpected strategy to defeat him.
118** The duel between Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Dooku at the beginning of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' mirrors the one in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in a lot of ways. Dooku knocks out Obi-Wan and then proceeds to taunt Anakin, which enrages him enough that he flies into a rage and pummels Dooku, ultimately chopping both his hands off. Then while he has Dooku at swordpoint (like the SwordOverHead scene with Luke in ''Jedi''), Palpatine urges him to execute the Sith Lord. Unlike Luke, Anakin goes through with it, though he instantly regrets it.
119** Chewbacca gets one in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' when he sees [[spoiler:Kylo/Ben murder Han]]. He roars in outrage, then shoots [[spoiler:Kylo]] with a {{BFG}} and proceeds to ignite a chain reaction that blows up the whole planet.
120** Kylo Ren himself, who tends to get really pissed about things not going to plan and uses his lightsaber to vent his rage in a fury of screaming and destruction. Unfortunately he never puts this into use in any practical way (as any time he gets into a conflict he tries to force a facade of composure, which probably weakens him to a degree).
121** Kylo goes completely berserk in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' when [[spoiler:Luke shows up at Crait]]. He manages to stay calm for a few seconds, long enough to give the order to attack, but quickly loses it and starts screaming maniacally for [[MoreDakka more firepower]], much to Hux's bemusement. He has a similar reaction a little earlier when the ''Millennium Falcon'' appears, although his rage is still nowhere near as violent as that sparked by [[spoiler:his former mentor]].
122* Kham in ''Film/TomYumGoong'' (aka ''The Protector''). After discovering that [[spoiler:his elephant had been butchered and the bones set with gold and jewels]], he goes into serious HeroicBSOD mode. He doesn't notice the horde of thugs beating on him until one makes the mistake of stabbing him in the side. This snaps him out of his grief and turns his BSOD into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
123* In ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', Optimus Prime fights Megatron, Starscream and Grindor by himself and is eventually overpowered and blasted halfway across a forest area. After Megatron tries to justify his means for wanting to kill Sam, Optimus denies his reasoning, charges right into the midst of them, slices off Grindor's arm, beats down Megatron, slices off Starscream's arm (and [[GrievousHarmWithABody whacks him across the face with it]]) then leaps onto Grindor and tears his face in two, killing him.
124-->"You'll never stop at one! ''I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!''"
125** In DOTM, Optimus might as well be ''fueled'' by Unstoppable Rage.
126--> "We will '''kill them all.'''"
127** Ditto for AOE when he learns of [[spoiler: Ratchet's]] fate.
128--> "THEY SLAUGHTERED [[spoiler:RATCHET]]?! I'LL TEAR THEM APART!!!"
129* In ''Film/TheVindicator'', Carl's cyborg body is fitted with a "rage program" that senses when he is in danger and sends him into a frenzied state before returning to normal once the threat has been eliminated.
130* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
131** Beast against Magneto in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', which is decidedly in Beast's favor, to the extent that [[spoiler:Beast almost drowns him. Magneto only barely manages to save himself by using a nearby sculpture to restrain Beast]].
132** Wolverine/Logan flies into at least one of these in almost every ''X-Men'' film he's in.
133** Since it's genetic, Wolverine's daughter-clone Laura/X-23 has a few in ''Film/{{Logan}}''.
134* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' after [[spoiler:Steve Trevor's self-sacrifice]]. Diana proceeds to tear through German soldiers like they're wet tissue.
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138* Ivan Isaac's superpower in ''Manhwa/{{Priest|1998}}'' is his sheer rage and contempt for Temozarela. He doesn't even ''care'' whether or not he wins against him, he just wants Temozarela to see how ''angry'' he is.
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142* In [[Music/{{mothy}} Akuno P]]'s ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'', the [[SevenDeadlySins sin]] of Wrath is represented in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGFeL7Az0J8 The Muzzle of Nemesis]]'', sung by Gumi. The singer, an assassin [[MeaningfulName appropriately named]] Nemesis, is seeking revenge on her former employer, who ordered her to kill her lover. In a twist, the employer is not only [[spoiler:her father, but the corrupt judge who represented {{Greed}}.]] Notably, she ''does'' give him a chance to repent.
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146* OlderThanDirt: Sekhmet, an [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian goddess]] of war, pestilence, and healing, went on a bender when some mortals dared suggest that her father, the sun god Ra, was getting a little old. She had no intention of stopping and nearly exterminated humanity. Finally, Ra himself stopped her, and then only by making a literal sea of beer mixed with pomegranate juice. Sekhmet, mistaking it for blood, drank herself stupid, and thus the world was saved by alcohol.
147** A version of the legend makes this even scarier by having the massacring goddess being Hathor, the [[BewareTheNiceOnes nice and happy goddess of the moon, music, dance joy, feminine love and]] [[MamaBear motherhood]], with ''Sekhmet'' being the one who made the sea of beer mixed with pomegranate juice. Another version would see Sekhmet and Hathor being similar.
148* Cuchulainn from [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish mythology]] has a prime example of the "[[SuperpoweredEvilSide monster within]]" kind of unstoppable rage. In the epic, ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'', he enters a "ríastrad" or "Warp Spasm". In this state, he transforms into a [[DemonHead horribly mutilated monster]] who doesn't know friend from foe. At one time, they broke him out of his rage by dunking him into three separate water barrels. The first one exploded, the other began boiling, and the last one finally cooled him down.
149** This would later be co-opted into ''[[Comicbook/TwoThousandAD 2000 AD]]'''s ''Slaine'', where they got ''really'' creative.
150* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Hercules killed his wife and children in a rage induced by Hera. Less supernaturally, as a kid Hercules killed his music teacher with a lyre.
151* The normally gentle Myth/{{Hindu|Mythology}} goddess Uma can transform into death-dealing, world-ending Kali. She does this to kill the demon Raktabija, after all the gods cut into the demon, only to find that [[HydraProblem his blood creates clone of himself once it hits the ground.]] Kali fixes the situation by inhaling all the blood before it touches the ground as she goes on her killing frenzy. Some legends continue that she would have turned her violence on the gods if Shiva, her husband, didn’t lie amongst the dead in a desperate gambit to get her to stop. This is particularly sobering as Shiva has the ability to unmake all of creation and was pretty sure the only thing that could stop his wife from killing everyone was [[BatmanGambit to gamble on his importance to her]].
152* Myth/NorseMythology is the very source of the word '[[TheBerserker berserker]]' (from an Old Norse word meaning "bear shirt"), and was full of them, most famously Thor. The god of the berserkers (and Thor's father) was [[TheDreaded Odin]], whose very name means "''[[NamesToRunFromReallyFast The Furious One]]''".
153* According to Myth/JapaneseMythology, the storm god Susano-o flew into a drunken rage and did everything possible to mess up his sister Amaterasu's life. He defiled all her shrines, killed her handmaidens, and threw shit in her temples. The gods were unable to stop his overwhelming douchedness.
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157* Crops up in ProfessionalWrestling at times; it's typically called 'Hulking Up'. The bigger you are, the more you can get away with here.
158** Wrestling/HulkHogan built a whole career on this trope, getting beaten badly in the early minutes of his fights only to become unstoppable and nearly invulnerable to his opponent's attacks once he hulked out.
159** This was also a key part of Wrestling/{{Tazz}}'s gimmick in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, to the point where Wrestling/JoeyStyles would often ask, "Who can stop the path of rage?"
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163* Featured in ''Pinball/TheAvengersStern'', where the ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk sits on the playfield. During the game, he flails his fists and grabs pinballs; premium editions even include a "Ramp Throwing" action where the Hulk throws a ramp.
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167* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' is theoretically in unstoppable rage after the last soliloquy of the play ("...from this point forth/my thoughts be bloody or nothing worth"), but, given that this is Hamlet, two scenes later he's cracking jokes with a gravedigger.
168* In ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Romeo goes into unstoppable rage after Tybalt kills Mercutio ("...Mercutio's soul/is but a little ways above our heads.../either you or I or both must go with him.") Also seen again when he kills Paris ("Tempt not a desperate man"). Romeo's always in some exaggerated emotional state or another. (What do you expect? He's fifteen.)
169* ''Theatre/TheWintersTale'' is about what happens when an extremely powerful man gives in to paranoia and unstoppable rage and takes it out on his subjects.
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173* When [[BigBad Flint]] [[spoiler:kills Ruby]] in ''WebAnimation/BunnyKill 4'', Snowball proceeds to flip out in a manner that can only be described as [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] meets [[VideoGame/CaveStory frenzied Mimiga]].
174** And in ''5'', [[spoiler:Dust]] does Snowball one better after [[spoiler:killing him under the influence of the PsychoSerum that Smoke had injected into him]] by [[spoiler:completely devastating Smoke's army of mooks, wrecking his helicopter gunship as he tries to get away and then sending the bastard right through its rotor blades]].
175* Flippy of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' goes into this whenever anyone does something that reminds him of the war he fought in. Subverted in "Remains To Be Seen", "Class Act", "Autopsy Turvy", and "By The Seat Of Your Pants" when he is killed while in his flipped-out state. In "A Vicious Cycle" his rampage continues even ''after'' his death.
176* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Emperor is prone to do this when he hears about something particularly [[BerserkButton wrath-inspiring]] about the Empire, such as the Inquisition, senseless waste of resources or Traitor Legions. As he's immobile, this mostly manifests by him spawning [[NegativeSpaceWedgie warp storms]].
177* Millie in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' is a very competent CuteButPsycho ProfessionalKiller at normal times. Threaten her husband Moxxie and she goes into deadly MamaBear mode. But (as seen in season 2 episode 3) try to get her out of the way and force Moxxie to marry a ''really annoying'' guy who's ''both'' her and his ex... words don't begin to describe it, and eighteen or so mafia goons trying to stop her are little more than something to vent her emotions on. Things she does during this battle include biting someone's heart out, kicking a bullet out of mid-air, and pulling someone's skull out of their head.
178* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': When Lewis stops his rampage and seems to be connecting with Vivi, Arthur (understandably) takes the opportunity to grab Vivi and run, Lewis and Vivi lose their moment to reconcile, breaking Lewis' heart (literally). As a result, Lewis becomes enraged and [[StuffBlowingUp cuts loose with his power]].
179* ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'': In the episode "Princess Capturing Simulator", after Bowser cheats, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Mario gets so angry that he teleports]] to where Bowser is and shoots him once for all.
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183* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} has one in a {{Creepypasta}} [[https://cjaymarch.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Lost_Episode centered on a lost episode]]:
184-->''"I went to school, I went to church, I played the tag team football, I learned about sharing and caring and playing, but... [[SuddenlyShouting CLOTHING]]!" Arthur screamed. "CORRECTIVE EYEGLASSES!" He screamed some more. "THAT’S MY FUCKING FACE. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis MY FUCKING. FACE!]]" Arthur got really angry.''
185* In Episode 18 of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', when Vegeta discovers that Gohan stole his dragon ball, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCOxVaQQrbk he completely loses it]]. His scream of rage can be heard over the entire planet, ''[[BeyondTheImpossible in space]]'', in the afterlife, and on another planet in another solar system ''twenty years in the future''. When he catches up to Krillin, he's been driven temporarily insane, his perception of color keeps changing, and he's shouting at Ghost Nappa. Gohan receiving a power-up from Super Kami Guru is the only thing that saves Krillin from a horrible death.
186* While it is debatable whether Nist Akath of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' falls under this or Video Games, the scene where Ironblood is betrayed by the nobles certainly springs to mind. Ironblood is poisoned by the nobles who are servants of an evil god, stripped naked, and thrown into the arena he himself ordered constructed. Then, to kill him, they release a hydra to kill him. While naked, poisoned, and vomiting, Ironblood kills the Hydra with his bare hands. By crushing its skulls. Then, he climbs out of the arena, and... well...
187-->"As he watched the dwarf crushed his wife's form, he came to a sudden, horrid realization. Ironblood didn't use an axe because he needed it. He used it to be kind. And right now he wasn't being kind."
188* In ''Literature/FineStructure'', a series of otherwise normal humans acquire FlyingBrick powers. In each case, for the first 15.8 seconds after getting their new powers, they are stuck in an absolute berserker rage wherein they immediately attempt to obliterate anything and everything around them. Since they also perceive time at an accelerated rate, this gives them long enough to kill millions of people if the local population density is high enough.
189* From ''Film/TheGamers'': 'Barbarian rage! Blood, death, and vengeance!'. Success rate? [[spoiler: 1 for 2.]]
190* A humor website called ''[[http://www.grudge-match.com/current.html Grudge Match (Where Useless Knowledge Breeds Champions)]]'' was a site in the vein of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' or ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' run by two guys named "Brian" and "Steve" who pitted pop-culture icons against each other and argued about [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny who would win]]. ButtMonkey characters were often prone to what was simply known as [[SpellMyNameWithAThe "The Rage"]], which made an otherwise weak character virtually invincible. The most awesome manifestation of "The Rage" appeared in the [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis vs. Butthead]] fight, when Beavis, pushed beyond his limits by Butthead's constant mistreatment of him, experienced such an explosion of "The Rage" that he split into four separate personalities: himself, Cornholio, Carrotjose, and Rutabagajuan. These four "maniacs" proceeded to give Butthead the beatdown of a lifetime.
191* The whole point of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4SSYjOAs0A RAEG TRAIN]].
192* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=682kuejphjo Angry German Kid]], which is a staged performance of a kid getting angry after his computer breaks, and then he proceeds to scream and throw his keyboard across the room.
193* Website/SCPFoundation:
194** Along with his better-known abilities, SCP-682 is noticeably prone to these. Given that he's unstoppable even ''outside'' his rages, this is a bad thing.
195** SCP-096. When someone sees its face (it doesn't matter if it's in person or ''4 pixels'' in a picture) it will enter a homicidal and unstoppable rage that won't end until the person who saw his face is dead. One attempt to see just how far it would go involved putting a guy in a bathysphere over six miles underwater and hundreds of miles away from its containment before showing him a picture. [[TheJuggernaut It bought the guy forty minutes]].
196* Among the boards of 4chan, /v/ is (rightly) the butt of many jokes as being rage incarnate...
197* The mere mention of the infamous [[MemeticMutation Bat Credit Card]] from ''[[Film/BatmanAndRobin Batman & Robin]]'' has this effect on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
198* Arthéon in ''Series/{{Noob}}'' Season 4 finale, after [[spoiler:Kary turns out to be more interested in the new game content than in their wedding ceremony]]. Shows up as a players' actual in-game LimitBreak in ''Film/NoobLeConseilDesTroisFactions''.
199* Badfic is so horrendously bad that unstoppable rage is a common reaction for ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' agents, especially when a favorite canon character is threatened.
200* Caboose tries to intentionally invoke this in himself when he and Sarge are trapped in a bizarre land of eternal war in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. 'I am Michael J Caboose ... and I HATE BABIES!' Followed by 'Hurk! Blagh!' repeatedly. [[spoiler:Comes back in Season 10; as the Blood Gulchers are lining up for a battle, Church says he needs Caboose to get a little angry; Caboose replies that he forgot how to do that. Church helps him remember, and Caboose charges headlong through a massive group of Tex copies.]]
201* ''Literature/SailorNothing'': Although Himei usually just wills her opponents into non-existence, she has been known to tear them apart with her bare hands if put under sufficient emotional stress.
202* Happens occasionally in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', especially when a nice guy is [[BewareTheNiceOnes pushed too far.]] Such as [[spoiler: Adam Dodd going ballistic on Cody Jenson near the end of V1, who he has [[ItsPersonal every reason]] to want dead]].
203* Parodied in Linkara's review of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage.'' [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall "ADAMANTIUM RAGE!]] * Punches [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]* ADAMANTIUM RAGE! * Punches VideoGame/{{Kirby}}* ADAMANTIUM RAGE! * ''Tries'' [[CanCrushingCranium to crush a can against his forehead]] and fails* ADAMANTIUM RAGE! [[spoiler:[[Funny/AtopTheFourthWall * Is punched by]]]] [[spoiler:WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd]].
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