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Whenever the powerful and dangerous but [[NonMaliciousMonster misunderstood monster]] is being calmed down by their best (usually [[ABoyAndHisX small human]]) friend, LoveInterest, or MoralityChain with a CooldownHug, someone, whether on purpose or accident, will [[LeeroyJenkins rush in and attack]].

Candidates include: a twitchy RedShirt, the "real" love interest to the hugger who is scared/[[GreenEyedMonster jealous]], a KnightTemplar [[HeWhoFightsMonsters on his crusade]], or an angry GeneralRipper who can't stomach a non-violent resolution. If this doesn't end in tears with the monster's death, then he'll just rampage some more and [[NotQuiteFlight jump away]]. Expect the attacker to be berated, possibly demoted, but just as often [[KarmaHoudini left in power and unrepentant with his tactics]]. The hugger may or may not lose their calming ability afterwards, especially if they agreed to it as a plan to attack the monster.

Usually followed by the hugger suicidally running towards the massed array of guys with guns shouting "[[ZombieAdvocate No! He's not a danger anymore!]]" Heaven help the ill advised ambushers if they harm the hugger in the crossfire, because there is now ''[[MoralityChain no one]]'' standing between them and a literal UnstoppableRage. Bonus points if the attack is a large explosion which would hurt the hugger, forcing the beast to shield them and abscond with them to safety. More generally, this can sometimes apply to efforts made to stop LetsYouAndHimFight or RightHandVersusLeftHand, and as such is a form of PoorCommunicationKills.

If the huggee does not, in fact, respond to the attempted hug and hurts the hugger, or does so accidentally trying to hurt those that interrupted the hug, expect an immediate reaction at having [[KickTheMoralityPet kicked the Morality Pet.]]

Sub-Trope of HopeSpot.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'':
** A non-superpowered example can be found during the WholeEpisodeFlashback: a crazed member of the starship crew (who had just killed someone with a gun and wanted to shoot Knives next) was being calmed down by Rem, but was killed by another crew member who hadn't seen the whole ordeal and made a split-second decision to protect Rem.
** This is also echoed when Wolfwood [[ShootTheDog kills]] Zazie The Beast just when it seems like Vash might be on the verge of talking him down.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': If you stretch it out a little, what triggered Majin Buu's transformation from Fat Buu to Super Buu can be seen as such a scene. [[FakeUltimateHero Mr. Satan]] (Hercule in the dub, or [[TakeAThirdOption Hercule Satan to the fandom]]) realizes that Buu had the potential to turn good and befriended him (after some assassination attempts that were so [[NoSell ridiculously ineffective]] that Buu just thought he was playing). He even manages to explain to [[ObliviouslyEvil Buu]] that killing people was bad, therefore singlehandedly stopping a threat that was at least as strong as Super Saiyan 3 Goku. And then [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters some douchebag]] shoots Buu's puppy Bee, followed by shooting Mr. Satan himself. Thankfully Buu has HealingHands, but what was the rule about [[BullyingADragon what not to do again]] when someone is much more powerful than you?
** In the movie ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'', Icarus/Higher Dragon manages to calm down an Oozaru Gohan. The annoyed Turles attacks Icarus/Higher Dragon, which then causes Gohan to go back into a rage. A rage directed at Turles.
** ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': Super Android 17 has to deal with this during his fight with Goku after Android 18 gets into his head about his true self. She reminds him that he's not a killer or a coward who listens to evil doctors' orders, which leads to Dr. Myu getting killed by 17 once he runs his mouth. But then after this, 18 and Goku still want to fight him (and vice versa, to be fair) due to his role in Krillin's death. As a result, the original Android 17's consciousness comes to the surface and gives away his weakness, allowing Super 17 to be killed.
* Played with in volume 15 of the ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'' manga. The berserking monster [[spoiler:Hamel]] was calming down until a bunch of well-intentioned red shirts pelted his back with arrows; in his subsequent fury he stabbed through the first person he saw - the hugger [[spoiler: Flute]]in front of him. This was ThePlan by the MonsterClown designed to get rid of what the baddies perceived as the party's most dangerous member [[spoiler: which would be [[TeamMom Flute]] and her amazing ability to make people feel better about themselves]], but it backfired spectacularly when the hugger staggered back up and ''kept on hugging'', eventually cooling [[spoiler: Hamel]] down. The Red Shirts even apologized for screwing things up when the battle was over.
* In the Alabasta Arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'', every time it looks like the Rebel and Royal Armies are calming down and just might be able to talk things out, someone from each side starts firing again, starting up the fighting again. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that these people were planted in both armies by [[BigBad Crocodile]] [[MagnificentBastard specifically to do this.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn manages to talk Stella down from her Destroy-assisted rampage, and there is a momentary scene where they psychically hug each other... and then Stella spots the Freedom approaching, flashbacks to it shooting down Neo and goes right back to destroying everything in sight.
** In what may or may not be a reference to this, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' has an amusing subversion when Zinnerman tries to talk down his BrainwashedAndCrazy [[TykeBomb Cyber-Newtype]] surrogate daughter Marida Cruz. A questionably sane Riddhe then [[BullyingADragon opens fire on Marida's mobile suit with his handgun]]. Not only that, but his incoherent ranting ends up being the key to finally DefusingTheTykebomb. EpicFail, anyone?
** Unicorn does this in the final episode as well. Riddhe experiences a Newtype awakening and is about to pull a HeelFaceTurn when his rifle [[MindRape bumps against the Banshee's active and exposed psycoframe]]; he grabs the rifle and [[spoiler:kills Marida with it.]] Once he realizes what happened, his [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction]] is what finally triggers his HeelFaceTurn.
* In [[TearJerker episode 4]] of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', Mai is going into a [[PlayingWithFire fiery]] freakout due to PowerIncontinence and a very bad day, when her dad hugs her and tells her he loves her. However, we then see from another angle that he was holding a knife; he was planning to [[ShootTheDog kill her]] to stop the destruction. Things really go downhill when the bad guys attack ''him''. He was planning to kill her as [[DyingAsYourself the only alternative to]] her ongoing degradation into a drooling superpowered zombie he could give. Though the shock worked just as well.
* Subverted in the ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' manga, where Kureno hugged Akito and gave him [[spoiler:or rather, her]] a Start Over Again Speech. Akito responded by getting pissed at Kureno's half-assed attempts to save him [[spoiler: and stabbed him in the back with a knife.]]
* In ''Literature/DateALive'', Shido can seal a Spirit's powers by making her fall in love with him and then kissing her, turning her into a normal girl. His dates always get interrupted by the AST, who believe the only way to deal with Spirits is to kill them. This always results in the Spirit going berserk and kicking the AST's collective asses, while Shido has to run in and calm her down.
* In ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', when [[AllLovingHero Vivio]] finally managed to talk down the villain of the library StoryArc, [[WickedWitch Fabia]], the HotBlooded and very pissed-off [[JapaneseDelinquents Harry]] launched a massive fire blast at the True Witch, which naturally soured said Witch's mood by a lot. [[spoiler:Then subverted when Vivio's continued insistence to not only want to hear her out, but also protect her from the anger of Vivio's own allies, successfully stopped Fabia from continuing her attacks, giving Einhart and Lutecia enough time to stealthily arrest her and put a seal on her magic, ending things peacefully]].
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Jean and Connie attempt a verbal one on [[spoiler: Reiner and Bertolt]], though how successful it ultimately might have been remains unknown because Erwin interrupts with a suicidal ZergRush.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': [[spoiler:Aguri hugs the newly-created Koro-sensei to stop him from pulling a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the scientists that made him and destroying the world. Seconds after the hug, she gets stabbed by a trap meant to kill Koro-sensei and dies. But rather than becoming angrier, Koro-sensei became more benign and then resolves to use his powers to protect other people instead.]]
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'':
** The former TropeNamer. Every time Rick Jones, Betty Ross, She-Hulk or any other friend or loved one is close to calming Hulk down, someone attacks him or the person calming him down, thus making him angry again. It's [[IdiotBall usually]] [[GeneralRipper General]] [[InspectorJavert Ross.]]
** In the introductory arc for Weapon X in ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'', two AlternateUniverse versions of John Proudstar have nearly calmed down the Hulk, when Weapon X's ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} ''shoots him in the head'' just to deliberately tick him off again and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start a fight]].
** At one point in normal [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel continuity]], Deadpool requires some of the Hulk's blood after a gamma reactor messed up DP's HealingFactor. The Hulk has cleared off a small area of Manhattan because he is dying, and has resigned himself to the fact. Deadpool goes in, riles him up, and ''impales him on a signpost''. Got the blood, though.
** One of the most terrifying ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' stories ever involves Bruce and Rick not making it to the trench, producing a mindlink between the Hulk and Rick, with the latter terribly ill from radiation exposure. Rick repeatedly tries to warn the Hulk away -- until General Ross decides to torture Rick to draw the Hulk back into the line of fire, and he ''dies''. Prompt a Hulk rampage rarely equaled prior to ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', killing off a good third of the (admittedly very small at the time) hero population of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
** Subverted in ''ComicBook/UltimateAvengers''. Betty is calming down the Hulk after he pretty much beats up all of the Avengers. Captain America sees the Hulk going towards Betty and is about to attack the Hulk before Nick Fury explains the situation to Captain America. The Hulk manages to turn back into Bruce without any problems... aside from the superheroes he's already beaten up.
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'':
** The Avengers are fighting a villain. Just as she is giving up, [[{{Jerkass}} Yellowjacket]] blasts her, renewing the fight. This leads to Yellowjacket's court-martial, which indirectly leads to Hank Pym (Yellowjacket's secret identity) hitting his wife, Janet van Dyne-Pym, a.k.a. the Wasp. This has become a defining moment for both heroes. Interestingly, this does actually happen by accident -- Pym genuinely hasn't been paying attention for a few crucial moments because his weapon is malfunctioning and he is busy trying to fix it. Funny thing is that Cap kicks him off for "recklessness". Seems like a real double standard for a team with Iron Man on it.
** Also in ''The Avengers'', this happens frequently to arch-villain Ultron due to his twisted "family tree" among the Avengers. Creator/KurtBusiek's "Ultron Unlimited" storyline subverts this by having the Vision offer Ultron a hand of friendship in one panel, the rescue team Avengers charging into Ultron's lair in the next panel... then, after the page turn, Ultron blasts the Vision in the face before the rescue team arrives.
* A variation occurs in one issue of Creator/GrantMorrison's ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]'' run. The General had just [[BodySnatcher transferred his mind]] into the body of the utterly invulnerable "Shaggy Man". Batman attempted to subdue him [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath using hypnosis]], which nearly worked against the Shaggy Man's [[AchillesHeel diminutive processing capability]] -- but then Franchise/{{Superman}} and a bunch of other heavy hitters plow into the monster.
* Happens once in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' when the Molten Man went after his step-sister, Liz Osborn (wife of Harry Osborn). Spider-Man showed up to stop him, enraging Molten Man and greatly annoying Harry, who had almost managed to talk the guy down before Spider-Man came blundering in and ruining things.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' Harry Osborn is giving a verbal cooldown hug to Norman Osborn (whose powers are related to the Hulk's). Then Tony Stark shoots him. Unusually this does take him down rather than just making him mad, but [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it set up a lot of trouble for later on]].
* ''ComicBook/XMen'''s "ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark": In the second-to-last chapter, Jean Grey has gone completely Dark Phoenix, destroyed a planet, and trashed her entire team. Twice. Cue Cyclops, the last X-Man standing, and a truly touching IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight speech, fueled by ThePowerOfLove. She almost seems to be willing to come around... when she gets brain-blasted from behind by Professor X.
* In ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|ExpandedUniverse}}: ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi'' Jedi turned Sith Ulic Qel-Droma reunites with his old friend Nomi Sunrider, genuinely repentant for his FaceHeelTurn, and in the process convinces an angry Jedi out for his blood of his HeelFaceTurn and that killing him would not bring her satisfaction. [[spoiler: And then he's shot in the back by a random spacer.]] To make matters worse, he gloats about it and complains about the horrified Nomi not giving him any credit for his accomplishment. This would have been a [[spoiler: ShaggyDogStory with a HeelFaceDoorSlam for Ulic if he hadn't been shown [[DiedHappilyEverAfter becoming a force ghost]]]]. The angry Jedi who'd been out to kill Ulic before notes that [[spoiler: if he hadn't turned her away from TheDarkSide, she would've killed said spacer very painfully for what he'd just done.]]
* In ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'', Simon Baz [[BeyondTheImpossible manages to heal]] a [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern]] of their UnstoppableRage to bring them back to normal, nay, invoke an outright HeelFaceTurn...only for his partner to whack them with a [[ImprovisedWeapon copy machine]] because she thinks he's still being attacked. Considering it's a ''Red Lantern'', whose Power Ring [[MoreThanMindControl More Than Mind Controls]] its users by [[EmotionalPowers manipulating their own rage]]? This [[YouWontLikeMewhenImAngry causes the process to reverse itself]] and it goes exactly [[NiceJobBreakingItHero as well as you might think]], resulting in said Red Lantern [[ThisIsUnforgivable vowing vengeance]] for the HeelFaceDoorSlam. In fairness to Jessica, she had been knocked away from the scene (by that same Red Lantern no less) and when she got back, had no idea what was going on other than "the bad guy who was literally just attacking us, is still next to my partner". This event does nothing but aggravate Simon and Jessica's preexisting HeadbuttingHeroes dynamic though, since Simon [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold had genuinely wanted to help]] and is frustrated that she screwed it up.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Monster X gets taken over by Kaizer Ghidorah and goes on a rampage, with Gigan taking off after him to try and revert the change. Gigan [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight approaches and reminds him of his friends]] after a lot of effort. Just as it starts to work, King Ghidorah attacks them both, undoing all of Gigan's progress and spurring Kaizer Ghidorah to fully emerge.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12318376/1/The-Power-He-Knows-Not-Oneshot The Power He Knows Not - Oneshot]]'' Hermione hugs a furious Harry before he can finish killing Draco for molesting her. Umbridge, somehow mistaking this for a romantic moment upon her entrance, sends Hermione flying down the hallway, only to receive the full force of his accidental magic.
* ''FanFic/ThroughHerEyes'': [[spoiler: Happens in Chapter 16. Yang has nearly calmed down the out-of-control-Ruby, when Roman idiotically tries to ''stab Ruby in the neck'', injuring Yang in the process, and making Ruby even more out of control than before]].
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* After Hogarth calmed ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', the communist-fearing Agent Mansley called in a ''nuclear strike'' on a ''town full of people.'' The very second ''after'' it's no longer needed. Cue [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice on the Giant's part]] to save the town.
-->'''General:''' That missile is targeted to the Giant's current position! ''[[TooDumbToLive Where's the Giant, Mansley?!]]''
* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an earlier version]] of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Tyler interrupts Mei's friends efforts to calm her down by insulting 4*Town which results in Mei becoming angry enough to attack him.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' could be considered the trope maker if not the UrExample.
* Happens to David and Alex at the end of ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', although it's debatable whether or not she was actually getting through to him.
* An amusing part of ''Film/IndependenceDay'' happens where a news report is specifically warning citizens not to do this. Not that it helps...
* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. Just when Logan managed to calm down the Phoenix (Jean Grey), the military's reinforcements arrive and despite his "[[BigNo NO!]]" start firing [[DepletedPhlebotinumShells anti-mutant needles]] at her. Cue Dark Phoenix blasting everyone to shreds. It's worth noting that in that scene, Jean had been in a majorly unstable state thanks to the Phoenix but hadn't actually ''fought'' during the Alcatraz battle... until the military's attack, which made her snap.
* A non-superpowered example occurs in the 1996 movie ''Film/SetItOff'', a drama movie about four minority women who become bank robbers for various reasons. At the climax of the movie, the four end up cornered after their last robbery goes wrong. A group MexicanStandoff between the robbers and the police occurs as a result. A sympathetic officer tries to talk them down so that things can end with no one getting hurt, and though they seem to be going for it, [[spoiler: a RedShirt cop decides that it would be smarter to open fire on the heavily-armed and quite agitated group, fatally shooting one of the girls. At the end of the day, several cops (including the idiotic RedShirt) are dead, as well as 2 other members of the group, with the only living member of the four escaping to Mexico.]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** In ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'', after forcing Bruce to Hulk out at the university, General Ross hits him with everything the soldiers have at their disposal. The Hulk [[CurbstompBattle is neither amused nor stopped]]. In a moment of relative quiet, during which the remaining soldiers are running for their lives and the Hulk is standing still (though still furious), Betty gets close to him and her presence calms him a bit. She reaches out to him, and he's appeared to have calmed right down... and then an air strike starts tearing up the field. (To be fair to Ross, he actually tried to call this one off. Mainly to save his daughter from being blown up.)
** By ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Natasha has developed a 'lullaby' that can safely and peacefully calm the Hulk down after the need for a 'Code Green' has been averted. [[spoiler:During the climax, once Ultron seems to be taken care of and S.H.I.E.L.D. is evacuating everyone, Nat goes to sing him a lullaby... and a [[NotQuiteDead Not Quite Offline]] Ultron soars in on a hijacked Quinjet, firing at whoever he can get in his sights.]]
* In ''Film/KingKong2005'', Kong's rampage through New York is stopped only when Ann comes to him voluntarily. He takes her gently and absconds to Central Park where they have a happy, peaceful moment playing in the snow... cue military attack. Happens again a few minutes later, when a quiet moment is interrupted by attacking biplanes.
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', Spider-Man almost manages to talk down Electro and convince him to come with him and get help. Despite the police telling everyone to stand down, a sniper shoots Electro anyway. (Electro had stepped into water and accidentally discharged; the sniper thought he was making a move.) Electro goes completely berserk and he thinks Spider-Man was setting him up, causing him to hate the hero.
* In ''Film/TheWolfman2010'', [[spoiler:Gwen gives Lawrence a CooldownHug in the end, but that angry mob just had to come by and ruin everything.]]
* In ''Film/TheEliteSquad: The Enemy Within'', the plot is kicked off by a prison uprising with [[CowboyCop Captain Nascimento]] trying to put it down by any means necessary until a human rights activist offers to negotiate with the criminals instead. He actually succeeds in getting the riot leader to surrender peacefully until Nascimento's subordinates decide to interrupt (even though he ordered them to stand down) and ruined the negotiations. The end result? A bloodbath where all prisoners are killed and the surviving activist chews out Nascimento and his men for their brutality which causes a PR nightmare.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': Sonic talks to Knuckles and manages to connect with him over both of them losing their families. Just as Knuckles starts to stand down, Tails arrives and attacks him, making Knuckles think Sonic was tricking him.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In volume 15 of ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' Accelerator's prevented from landing the killing blow on the story's BigBad by one of the few people he respects. It's right when Accelerator hesitates that said BigBad attacks the other person. [[TooDumbToLive This was]] a very [[FateWorseThanDeath bad move]] on his part.
* In ''Literature/SmallGods'' Brutha goes out to speak to the united army invading Omnia and convince them that while they'll freely surrender and disarm, pillaging and conquering the kingdom will only continue a cycle of violence. At which point an impromptu Omnian defense force shows up, making it look like he was just keeping them talking.
* Used in ''Literature/ProfessorBranestawm's Treasure Hunt'', with the Diddituptite Islanders. The Professor had realized both that the Diddituptites were renowned for both being [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]] and having a Feast dance -- which the Professor happened to know. Then Colonel Dedshott arrived with the sailors on the ship (long story) and a massive fight broke out. However, it was all happily resolved in the end.
* Odd example in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. Tash found [[spoiler: a {{Tykebomb}}, [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]]]] and befriended it, only to have it leave her when its creator the BigBad showed up. Later it attacked her at his order, but she appealed to their friendship and it started backing down and showing signs of turning on the Big Bad. [[spoiler: But he had an ExplosiveLeash [[YourHeadASplode for just this occasion.]]]]
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** "Robot": Sarah Jane Smith just has the KillerRobot calmed down when Sergeant Benton appears in the doorway and, naturally thinking his friend is [[DamselInDistress about to be attacked]], opens fire with his submachine gun. Benton is rather miffed at Sarah's lack of gratitude.
** In the new series episode "The Doctor's Daughter", [[spoiler:just after the Doctor and his companions convince the two sides of a war that they can be friends, and share the thing they've been fighting for, the [[GeneralRipper leader of the humans]] shoots the title character, although she ultimately survives.]]
** Happens in "Cold War" when the Doctor and Clara encounter a frozen Ice Warrior on a Russian submarine. As Ice Warriors have a reputation for being honorable warriors (and this in particular is their greatest war hero, and also possibly the last survivor of his people) he proceeds to very, ''very'' gently talk sense into him, avoiding any hostile action... when a Russian sailor steps in and tries to take down the alien with an electric shocker. Predictably, the Ice Warrior regards this as a declaration of war and vows to annihilate all of humanity in response.
* At the end of the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Menace", Daniel has just calmed down a mostly-innocent but [[SuperPowerMeltdown unfortunately powerful]] girl who is also incidentally [[spoiler:the creator of the Replicators]], possibly convincing her to call off her "toys" when Jack bursts in and shoots her. Subverted in that it's debatable how likely a good resolution would have been no matter what Daniel did. Also, [[spoiler:the Replicators are all destroyed after this. It is unclear whether she had them self-destruct, or if they did so ''because'' Jack shot her]].
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
** One episode features a paranoid schizophrenic taking hostages on a train because of his delusions. Agent Reid, whose mother is mentally ill, makes a connection with him and seems to be about to talk him down... when one of the other hostages non-fatally shoots him.
** "A Real Rain" is a possible example. Gideon is talking down the VigilanteMan, who has taken a hostage. The guy actually does let go of the hostage, and starts to slowly get up, when Hotch shoots and kills him (he was still holding a gun, and its left ambiguous about whether or not he was actually going to use it).
** "Distress" is an inversion: the team uses the suspect's army buddy to make him think the arresting SWAT team is the cavalry coming to his rescue (he was having a psychotic break and thought he was in a war zone) until a kid rolls up on his bike out of nowhere; the suspect goes for the kid (trying to save him from the gunfire in his hallucination) and the SWAT team is forced to take the kill shot.
* Given how often hostage negotiation is part of the job on ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'', it's no surprise that this pops up from time to time.
** Happens with a school shooter in "Perfect Storm". Unbeknownst to Team One, one of the shooter's targets is the son of one of the responding officers. When the officer sees a video of his son being threatened by the gunman, he goes on the warpath and finally finds the shooter, barging in and shooting him just as his best friend had finished talking him down. Shortly thereafter, he finds out that his son is fine; the shooter just wanted to humiliate him and never even took a shot. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone He's understandably horrified.]] Fortunately, the shot turns out not to be fatal.
** A variation in "Grounded". Parker has managed to calm the leader of a group of airplane hijackers and talk him into releasing most of his hostages. One of the hostages left behind decides to try and take advantage of the open door to ambush the leader. The resulting clash culminates in the passenger being killed, the leader (who Parker had been on the way to talking down) mortally wounded, and the remaining hijackers becoming more volatile and upset, making it impossible for Parker to get through to any of them and necessitating a tactical solution.
* In the ''Series/{{Haven}}'' episode "Stay", a naked "wild-man" breaks into a store and raids the food supply. Audrey calmly talks to the man, offers him a sweater, and is well on the path of getting him to come with her to the police station. The store's owner loses patience, [[TooDumbToLive barges up to the man]] and orders Audrey to quit fooling around and arrest him already. The wild-man goes berserk, tears the store owner's throat out with his teeth, then runs out.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Deliberately invoked by [[spoiler:Aurum]] in the [[MultipleEndings Bad End]] of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''; realizing that Raspberyl's attempting a CooldownHug to stop Mao's SuperpoweredEvilSide he immediately attacks them and kills her, thus sending [[FreakOut Mao completely over the edge]].
* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', [[spoiler:the Marker serves to suppress the Necromorphs and calm them down, but only when on the Pedestal that originally held it.]] When Issac finally returns the Marker to the pedestal, [[spoiler:the Hive Mind immediately calms down and the Marker thanks him for doing so. At which point TheMole comes in and tries to steal it again.]] KarmicDeath [[HilarityEnsues ensues]].
* An early scene in ''[[VideoGame/DeadToRights Dead to Rights: Retribution]]'' has Jack Slate and his dad attempting to calm down a couple of Union thugs and "just talk." Cue [[WellIntentionedExtremist Redwater]] and his team suddenly shooting the thugs down and provoking a huge firefight.
* Near the end of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', the party must fight several Eidolons to free them from the villain's control. If the party continues attacking once they come to their senses, the Eidolons will be [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost forever]] (particularly frustrating if you've already put in a command prior to the CooldownHug speech popping up...).
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** Ashley Williams gets accused of doing this a lot -- if you take too long to talk Wrex down on Virmire, she will kill him. However, if you have enough points in Charm or Intimidate or have done Wrex's family armor quest, it's easy to talk him down -- Ashley only steps in if you tell her to or there's no other solution.
** Ashley (or if she died on Virmire, Kaidan) in turn goes through the exact same situation in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. Once again, the lethal option only comes up once it's clear neither side will back down and only if you don't attack first.
* In a BadFuture level of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the [[TragicVillain Magister Alexius]] immediately surrenders to the heroes once they promise not to harm his son. Unfortunately, this timeline's version of Lelianna is broken and vengeful from years of torture, so she kills the son out of spite. Cue boss fight.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* In ''VisualNovel/CorpsePartyIf: PAST END'', it's the TragicMonster who initiates the hug in the first place, followed by [[spoiler:Yoshiki]] taking advantage of this to [[spoiler:run them both through]].
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' Just after Bob has convinced Galatea ''not'' to throw her formula into a giant vat of peanut butter and produce an unstoppable army of monsters, Agent Jerry [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/269/ shoots]] the test tube and [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/270/ sends it all spilling into the vat anyway.]]
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* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZone'': Merle attempts to calm his cousin Gundren into giving up the Phoenix Fire gauntlet. He almost succeeds... and then the orc boy the adventurers had rescued from captivity earlier shoots Gundren with an arrow, which causes Gundren to go thermonuclear (more or less literally). The town of Phandolin isn't merely reduced to ashes; it's turned into ''glass'' from the resulting heat detonation.
* In the framing device of a "Kill Count Supercut" of Wolverine in the ''X-Men'' movies, Wolverine (through footage from the film of ''Days of Future Past'') lays on a table, thrashes and eventually quiets down until -- as one final twist -- "Deadpool" comes back to life after the credits of one of the movies and it's cut to make it look like that image sets him off again.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' movie "Destination: Imagination", Frankie succeeds in calming and befriending World, [[RealityWarper the god-like]] imaginary friend that lives in the toy box who's emotionally unstable from years of being left alone, only to have Mr. Herriman show up and say exactly the wrong things to anger it, leading to the end of the toy-box world and World going OneWingedAngel on the group.
-->'''Herriman:''' Good heavens! What's happening?\\
'''Bloo:''' You peeved him off [[note]]the closed captions say "pissed"[[/note]], that's what's happening!
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', Kyle has just convinced the armies of Canada and the U.S. to stop killing each other, so naturally his mom screams "Noooo!" and shoots Terrence and Phillip -- thus allowing Satan to bring a thousand years of darkness upon the Earth.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** A variation in "Over a Barrel": the buffalo and the Apple-loosan settlers are caught up in a land dispute, with the buffalo chief Thunder Hooves promising to trample the entire town at high noon. Just as the clock strikes twelve, Little Strongheart convinces the chief not to go through with it, and the ponies heave a sigh of relief... only for Chief Thunder Hooves to be riled up again by Pinkie Pie reprising a song from earlier in the episode that he disliked. A song that, ironically enough, was trying to convince him ''not'' to attack the town even though it wasn't even necessary anymore.
** Rainbow Dash interrupts peacemaking between Pinkie Pie and Princess Luna with a lightning bolt (a prank), in "Luna Eclipsed".
* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'': Timber Wolf reverted to his bestial state when he discovered that it was him that killed his father, Chameleon Boy and Phantom Girl were with him at the time. Phantom Girl discovers that the changes are linked to his emotional state and nearly succeeds in calming him. Before he could revert to normal, however, the noise alerted the Science Police to their location and rushed to bring Timber Wolf down. This caused him to have another (albeit smaller) freak out and knock them aside to flee the planet thinking he's too dangerous to be around anyone.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In the episode "Everything is Wonderful," Hank Pym is trying to talk down Simon Williams (who [[DespairEventHorizon let himself be turned into an energy being]] to get revenge on [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]). He just about gets Simon to stand down when Stark busts in, repulsors blazing. Made doubly tragic in that had Tony [[PoorCommunicationKills simply told Simon]] why he bought out Williamstech in the first place, none of it would have happened. In Tony's defense, he tried to tell Simon earlier. A few times. Simon just wouldn't listen.
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* Ron Artest, who was well known for his tough attitude on the court, got into an altercation at the end of a game, and rather than letting it escalate, he lay down on the scorer's table. A fan took this opportunity to throw a drink on Artest, which led to him going berserk and charging into the stands. And pounding on the wrong guy. And setting the Pacers back nearly a decade.
* At the Battle at Waxhaw Creek during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, the Continentals tried to surrender to the British forces after sustaining high casualties. Then some prat shot the horse that Banastre Tarleton was sitting on. The British, believing that the surrender was a ruse and that their commander had just been killed, massacred the retreating Continentals. This, in return, encouraged the Continentals to give no quarter to British soldiers either in the remainder of the war.
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