History Main / TameHisAnger

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Damian Wayne starts out with almost little to no respect for anyone besides his parents [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman]] and [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]. His anger leads to him [[spoiler:nearly killing Tim Drake to replace him as Batman's sidekick.]] He's still a little bit of an angry JerkAss, [[spoiler:not even showing his grandparents respect on the anniversary of their deaths]], but he's a lot better.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[MagnificentBastard Lelouch Lamperouge]] and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Suzaku Kururugi]] spend the second half of the series constantly in a state of rage and [[OutGambitted screwing up each other's plans]]. They both have their own reasons. Suzaku wants to kill Lelouch because [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie he killed princess Euphemia]]]]. And Lelouch wants to kill Suzaku because [[spoiler: Suzaku's fighting for the villains.]] However, by the end of the series, they realize that their constant fighting wasn't helping them reach their original goals, and work together towards a better future. By the end of it, they're more calm and happy, and Lelouch [[spoiler: dies with a smile on his face]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Wolverine tries to do this a lot, but it doesn't last. Notable examples include ''ComicBook/{{Origin|2001}}'', where Wolverine and his childhood friend [[PrecociousCrush Rose]] worked at a mine in British Colombia and Wolverine found peace and tranquility. That peace was interrupted when his half-brother [[BigBadFriend Dog]] caused him to inadvertently kill Rose. In ''ComicBook/Wolverine1988'', it's revealed that Wolverine had fallen in love with a Native American woman called Silver Fox and settled down. Sabretooth, [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of the peace Wolverine found]], killed Silver Fox.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Damian Wayne starts out with almost little to no respect for anyone besides his parents [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman]] and [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]. His anger leads to him [[spoiler:nearly killing Tim Drake to replace him as Batman's sidekick.]] He's still a little bit of an angry JerkAss, [[spoiler:not even showing his grandparents respect on the anniversary of their deaths]], but he's a lot better.
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Black Manta]]. Aquaman tries to use magic to make Black Manta a kinder and more peaceful person. And it seems to have worked, for a while. [[RedemptionRejection But in the end, at a critical moment Black Manta stabs him and tells him this]]:

* In the ''[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica The Death of Captain America]]'', many heroes deal with the Death of Captain America in different ways. ComicBook/MsMarvel and ComicBook/SpiderMan deal with their anger over Captain America dying. Ms. Marvel decides to take out her anger by thrashing Tiger Shark, and Spider-Man takes out his anger by attacking Rhino. Funnily enough, they're both stopped by characters who are well known for having {{Hair Trigger Temper}}s. Namor lectures Ms. Marvel on controlling her anger, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} talks to Spider-Man about dealing with loss. Ms. Marvel even calls Namor out on this.
* The armor that ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} uses comes with the side-effect of increasing his temper, and he has to struggle to control it even under the best of conditions. It later turns out it's due to incompatibility since the armor wasn't designed for humans.
* ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith''. At the beginning of issue #8, an Imperial Officer comes to report to the Emperor only to be {{Force Choke}}d by Vader for the (supposedly) poor performance of his division. Emperor Palpatine stops his apprentice before he kills him. Sidious understands and acknowledges Vader's feelings about "lesser beings" in their Empire but warns Vader to not go too far in killing Imperials for two reasons: first, the Emperor does not want "to rule a galaxy of the dead" and second, he tells Vader that going too deep into the Dark Side means that his rage will control ''him''. Vader does take the lesson on board, but it's difficult when he really is SurroundedByIdiots, some of whom are [[TooDumbToLive trying to kill him]].
* Done more than once in ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' comics: Daisy Duck tries to force him to control his temper at one point. Donald's nephews take advantage of this and misbehave, knowing that he won't spank them. They keep on pushing his buttons. Daisy tells Donald that it's okay to spank them as long as he does it with a smile. [[{{Karma}} He spanks them in the end]].

* Just like the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]], ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' tries to do this a lot. And just like the Hulk, it doesn't last. Notable examples include [[spoiler:the volume where Wolverine and [[PrecociousCrush Rose]] work at a mine in British Colombia and Wolverine finds peace and tranquility. That peace is interrupted when [[BigBadFriend Dog]] kills Rose. Wolverine later meets a Native American woman called Silver Fox and they fall in love. Sabretooth, [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of the peace Wolverine found]], kills Silver Fox.]]
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In the comics, he has a symbiote suit that turns him into a total angry Jerkass. Being that it's his SuperPoweredEvilSide and Spider-Man's a hero, it doesn't last and he goes back to being the NiceGuy that he usually is. It should be noted that it is only in [[NewerThanTheyThink recent adaptations that the symbiote suit does that]]. In the original story, it had no effect on his personality aside from taking him for joyrides when he was asleep, and he wore it for quite some time. The ClothesMakeTheManiac portrayal started with the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries 1994 animated series]] as a means of introducing the suit and quickly moving on to Venom.

** The Super Saiyan transformation is [[TranquilFury fueled by anger]] and once achieved the user is nearly overcome with rage. Goku and the others have to learn to control the anger or go [[UnstoppableRage bers]][[AxCrazy erk.]] It's hinted that one reason Goku's fight with Freeza lasted so long was that he was also struggling with the anger.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Scar. Definitely Scar. At the beginning, we're introduced to an angry KnightTemplar with a [[FreudianExcuse terribly sad backstory]]. [[spoiler:The [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Amestrian Troops]]]] enter his country of Ishval for [[WarIsHell brutal slaughter]] of the Ishvalan people. This was largely aided by State Alchemists. Scar then decides to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and [[SerialKiller kill]] every State Alchemist. After meeting Edward Elric and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Alphonse Elric]], [[{{Tritagonist}} Scar]] slowly pulls a HeelFaceTurn and by the end of the series he ends up saving [[ColonelBadass Mustang]] from becoming consumed by his Wrath too. Bonus points for Mustang having been one of the State Alchemists who helped in the Ishvalan genocide.

* In the ''[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica The Death of Captain America]]'', many heroes deal with the Death of Captain America in different ways. ComicBook/MsMarvel and ComicBook/SpiderMan deal with their anger over Captain America dying. Ms. Marvel decides to take out her anger by thrashing Tiger Shark, and Spider-Man takes out his anger by attacking Rhino. Funnily enough, they're both stopped by characters who are well known for having {{Hair Trigger Temper}}s. Namor lectures Ms. Marvel on controling her anger, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} talks to Spider-Man about dealing with loss. Ms. Marvel even calls Namor out on this.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14792883/chapters/34223034 Fox Rain]]'' Lila's anger is her biggest flaw and hinted to be the reason why in canon she'd [[TookALevelInJerkass eventually become a villain]], and both her friends from before Paris and Ladybug have made a point in helping her with it. In a variant, Lila is aware of this, she's just unable to keep it in check-and Ladybug snapping her out of an episode of anger is what makes her start to accept that maybe the heroine isn't a BitchInSheepsClothing. It's also hinted that [[spoiler:''Ladybug'' used to have the same problem and has already learned that, and it's how she knew how to help Lila]].

* There is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' where Francine is told to control her anger and so she bottles it up inside and almost loses a street hockey game for them.

* [[ItsBeenDone The Simpsons Did It!]] In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart Simpson creates a comic book about Homer called Angry Dad, which becomes a popular internet series. At first [[JerkAss Homer's]] mad about it, but after talking to the family he decides to try and become a less angry person. Needless to say, [[StatusQuoIsGod it doesn't last]].

** Tienshinhan and Chiaoutzou from ''Manga/DragonBall'' decide to WalkTheEarth after [[OldMaster Master Roshi]] shows them the [[KickTheDog error]] [[ArrogantKungFuGuy of their]] [[HairTriggerTemper ways]] and they lose that anger. Tien in particular becomes TheStoic for the rest of the series.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Damian Wayne starts out with almost little to no respect for anyone besides [[BadassNormal Batman]] and [[EvilIsSexy Talia Al Ghul]]. His anger leads to him [[spoiler:nearly killing Tim Drake to replace him as Batman's sidekick.]] He's still a little bit of an angry JerkAss, [[spoiler:not even showing his grandparents respect on the anniversary of their deaths]], but he's a lot better.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' featured this as the plot for an episode, where Hank is forced into anger management therapy due to blowing up at his dumbass neighbors one too many times.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': [[TheDitz Misa Amane]] keeps on talking about how great [[SerialKiller Kira]] is. Police Chief Yagami and [[InspectorLestrade Aizawa]] try to control their temper but after a while, Aizawa [[RageBreakingPoint can't hold it in any longer]] and throws her out of the room.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[MagnificentBastard Lelouch Lamperouge]] and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Suzaku Kururugi]] spend the second half of the series constantly in a state of rage and [[OutGambitted screwing up each other's plans]]. They both have their own reasons. Suzaku wants to kill Lelouch because [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie he killed princess Euphemia]]]]. And Lelouch wants to kill Suzaku because [[spoiler: Suzaku's fighting for the villains.]] However, by the end of the series, they realize that their constant fighting wasn't helping them reach their original goals, and work together towards a better future. By the end of it, they're more calm and happy, and Lelouch [[spoiler: dies with a smile on his face]].

* Another example from Creator/RumikoTakahashi's works. In ''Manga/InuYasha'' several demons went around with a chip on their shoulder. They were cruel, vicious, and only wanted power. Prime examples being Inuyasha, [[TheRival Koga]], and [[AloofBigBrother Sesshoumaru]]. By the end of the series, Inuyasha [[spoiler: settles down and is married to Kagome.]] He is a much happier and more peaceful person. Sesshoumaru is still aloof and still [[WalkingTheEarth wanders the Earth]] with [[ButtMonkey Jaken]] at his side. However, [[MoralityPet Rin]] has clearly changed him for the better, helping him [[CharacterDevelopment move from]] being a cold-blooded killer to a [[TheStoic stoic]] but caring individual. And [[TheRival Koga]], at least in the anime, [[spoiler: settles down and marries his betrothed.]]
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Laxus Dreyar, the resident PsychoElectro of [[TrueCompanions Fairy Tail's guild]]. He was an [[{{Pride}} arrogant]] SocialDarwinist [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority who rebelled against authority]]. He was in a constant state of rage over the weakness of many of the guild members. He threatens to kill the other members of the Fairy Tail guild, but finds out that he can't... because even though he would vehemently deny it, they were [[TrueCompanions like family to him]]. [[HeelRealization He realizes what a JerkAss he was and when he is kicked out of the guild, he gladly accepts it and leaves with a smile]]. After WalkingTheEarth, he becomes a much nicer person and is eventually [[spoiler: accepted back into Fairy Tail's guild]].

* Domon Kasshu in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' runs on HotBlooded UnstoppableRage for much of the first part of the series. It initially serves him well since said rage activates Shining Gundam's Super Mode. However, the limitations of this become clear [[spoiler:when his rage falters at the sight of Kyoji. Right before he's about to strike, he remembers the kindly older brother Kyoji was as opposed to the monster (he thinks) Kyoji has become, and he fails to follow through on the blow.]] He then undergoes training to focus his rage into TranquilFury, achieving the more powerful Golden Hyper Mode.

** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Classic Disney Short]] "WesternAnimation/CuredDuck"'', Donald is told by Daisy to control his temper. He answers an ad on the paper about a cure and gets a machine that doles out indignities at him for ten minutes straight, and if he can sit through the ordeal without losing it, he's cured. Donald is eventually cured, [[HypocriticalHumor only now Daisy is the one who loses her temper.]]
** Another Donald Duck example with the short "Bellboy Donald", he is forced by his boss to be pleasant and control his anger around customers, with the threat of being fired otherwise. Following this, Pete's son Junior begins exploiting this mercilessly and pranks him at every turn. Donald finally snaps and drags Junior to the manager, who fires him on the spot before a satisfied Donald spanks Junior mercilessly.

* In the ''[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica The Death of Captain America]]'', many heroes deal with the Death of Captain America in different ways. ComicBook/MsMarvel and ComicBook/SpiderMan deal with their anger over Captain America dying. Ms. Marvel decides to take out her anger by thrashing Tiger Shark, and Spider-Man takes out his anger by attacking Rhino. Funnily enough, they're both stopped by characters who are well known for having {{Hair Trigger Temper}}s. Namor lectures Ms. Marvel on controling her anger, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} talks to Spider-Man about dealing with loss. Ms. Marvel even calls Namor out on this.
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Black Manta]]. Aquaman tries to use magic to make Black Manta a kinder and more peaceful person. And it seems to have worked, for a while. [[RedemptionRejection But in the end, at a critical moment Black Manta stabs him and tells him this]]:
-->'''Black Manta:''' "Y'see, deep down, in my most secret heart of hearts, I'm still a totally depraved sonuvabitch whose main goal in life is to watch you die. Slowly and painfully. Just like your kid."
* Franchise/{{Batman}}: In Damian Wayne starts out with almost little to no respect for anyone besides [[BadassNormal Batman]] and [[EvilIsSexy Talia Al Ghul]]. His anger leads to him [[spoiler:nearly killing Tim Drake to replace him as Batman's sidekick.]] He's still a little bit of an angry JerkAss, [[spoiler:not even showing his grandparents respect on the anniversary of their deaths]], but he's a lot better.

* The armor that ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} uses comes with the side-effect of increasing his temper, and he has to struggle to control it even under the best of conditions. It later turns out it's due to incompatibility since the armor wasn't designed for humans.
* ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith''. At the beginning of issue #8, an Imperial Officer comes to report to the Emperor only to be {{Force Choke}}d by Vader for the (supposedly) poor performance of his division. Emperor Palpatine stops his apprentice before he kills him. Sidious understands and acknowledges Vader's feelings about "lesser beings" in their Empire but warns Vader to not go too far in killing Imperials for two reasons: first, the Emperor does not want "to rule a galaxy of the dead" and second, he tells Vader that going too deep into the Dark Side means that his rage will control ''him''. Vader does take the lesson on board, but it's difficult when he really is SurroundedByIdiots, some of whom are [[TooDumbToLive trying to kill him]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14792883/chapters/34223034 Fox Rain]]'' Lila's anger is her biggest flaw and hinted to be the reason why in canon she'd [[TookALevelInJerkass eventually become a villain]], and both her friends from before Paris and Ladybug have made a point in helping her with it. In a variant, Lila is aware of this, she's just unable to keep it in check-and Ladybug snapping her out of an episode of anger is what makes her start to accept that maybe the heroine isn't a BitchInSheepsClothing. It's also hinted that [[spoiler:''Ladybug'' used to have the same problem and has already learned that, and it's how she knew how to help Lila]].

* One of the tie-in shorts for ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' had the other emotions try and do this for Anger. It ends with [[ButtMonkey Fear being held by the throat.]]

* ''Film/SpiderMan3'': In the film, Spider-Man has the same issue with the suit as in the comic. It makes him very [[HairTriggerTemper temperamental]]. A good example of this is when he slams a guy to the wall just for touching him.

-->'''Sphinx:''' If you do not master your rage--
-->'''Furious:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Your rage will become your master? That's what you were going to say, isn't it?]]
-->'''Sphinx:''' ''(beat)'' [[BlatantLies Not necessarily...]]

* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Uncle Phil is constantly angry with [[DeadpanSnarker Will Smith]] for his constant [[SpannerInTheWorks screw ups]]. In one episode, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint, and instead of yelling at Will like usual, he hugs him... for an entire week non-stop.

* Both Becky Conner and Darleen Conner from ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' during their teen years (most of the series), are angry and always fighting with their parents. By the end of the series, both are happy with their lives and not as angry (in other words they got through puberty). Darleen even [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on this]].
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth Doctor]] is constantly struggling to control the anger that has built up in him over 2,000+ years of confronting villains, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever eventually losing everyone he loves]], etc. He has a noticeably pricklier personality than most incarnations as a result, with NoSocialSkills, and at least two {{Berserk Button}}s -- war and his companion Clara (his MoralityChain) coming to harm. He also comes down ''hard'' on villains who can't be reasoned with, as his BadassBoast to the Boneless in the climax of "Flatline" makes clear. He does soften with time, but in the final stretch of Series 9 (his second season) [[spoiler: she is KilledOffForReal]] '''and then''' his enemies [[spoiler: torture him for ''four-and-a-half billion years'', as escaping his chamber in a way that will further his plan to save her means he must constantly die and relive the torture. Billions of times]]. He emerges from this as TheUnfettered WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, so damaged that the only thing that can tame and restore him to his best self is [[spoiler: forgetting her altogether, though he manages to recall the experiences he had with her]].

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' deals with angry characters including [[{{Jerkass}} Eric Cartman]] and [[BumblingDad Randy]] are forced to go to anger management classes. [[CompensatingForSomething It turns out their anger was about something else]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' Ling-Ling goes to anger management after he kills Xandir.
** Other notable characters at Ling-Ling's anger management classes were Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian. And the one who was leading the class was the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. [[SarcasmMode Because he's ''always'' calm.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck to a lesser extent than most of the other examples. He tries to keep his cool in cartoons putting [[VillainProtagonist him]] up against [[InvincibleHero Bugs Bunny]], but he hardly ever manages in the end.
** Marvin the Martian is an example of a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes character who can and does control his temper, however it's mostly because he's meant to be AffablyEvil.

* [[ItsBeenDone The Simpsons Did It!]] In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart Simpson creates a comic book about Homer called Angry Dad, which becomes a popular internet series. At first [[JerkAss Homer's]] mad about it, but after talking to the family he decides to try and become a less angry person. Needless to say, [[StatusQuoIsGod it doesn't last]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Squidward Tentacles is always angry. Seriously. The WordOfGod is that he was meant to symbolize Wrath of the SevenDeadlySins. However, one episode has Squidward shocked by an electric fence and becoming nice. Just like most of the other comedy examples, it doesn't last because StatusQuoIsGod.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' featured this as the plot for an episode, where Hank is forced into anger management therapy due to blowing up at his dumbass neighbors one too many times.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Think Positive," Pops tells Benson to stop yelling at Mordecai and Rigby or he will be fired. Benson tries to keep his temper in check and not yell at Mordecai and Rigby, but they intentionally go out of their way to provoke Benson, knowing he can't yell at them. Despite his best efforts to remain calm, Benson's rage builds up to catastrophic levels that threaten to destroy the park. Realizing they went too far, Mordecai convinces Pops to lift the ban on Benson's yelling, at which point Benson unleashes his rage in an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Mordecai and Rigby.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'' episode "Happy Hippy", Matilda tries to get Red, who had gone into an UnstoppableRage from having to deal with the pigs, to relax. However, Red keeps on destroying everything in sight because he keeps on seeing hallucinations of the minion pigs until he accidentally knocks Matilda unconscious during an outburst. Once they wake up, Red has calmed down, but when Matilda sees the damage that Red had caused, [[HourglassPlot she loses]] ''[[HourglassPlot her]]'' [[HourglassPlot temper]] and chases Red, who unsuccessfully tries to calm her down, and pummels him on top of a small structure.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "Whatever Happened to Donald Duck" revealed that Donald has actually been seeing an anger management therapist for years and that they taught him to channel his HairTriggerTemper in more constructive ways, [[PapaWolf by directing it at anything who threatens his nephews]].

** In the ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShort "Cured Duck"'', Donald is told by Daisy to control his temper. He answers an ad on the paper about a cure and gets a machine that doles out indignities at him for ten minutes straight, and if he can sit through the ordeal without losing it, he's cured. Donald is eventually cured, [[HypocriticalHumor only now Daisy is the one who loses her temper.]]

* In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', [[OverprotectiveDad Uncle Phil]] is constantly angry with [[DeadpanSnarker Will Smith]] for his constant [[SpannerInTheWorks screw ups]]. In one episode, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint, and instead of yelling at Will like usual, he hugs him... for an entire week non-stop.

-->-- '''Toni Morrison''', interview with Don Swaim, 1987

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Black Manta]]. Aquaman tries to use magic to make [[AngryBlackMan Black Manta]] a kinder and more peaceful person. And it seems to have worked, for a while. [[RedemptionRejection But in the end, at a critical moment Black Manta stabs him and tells him this]]:

* The ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' tries this a lot. It doesn't work very often. Usually because his enemies won't [[LeaveMeAlone 'leave Hulk alone']].
* Just like [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' tries to do this a lot. And just like the Hulk, it doesn't last. Notable examples include [[spoiler:the volume where Wolverine and [[PrecociousCrush Rose]] work at a mine in British Colombia and Wolverine finds peace and tranquility. That peace is interrupted when [[BigBadFriend Dog]] kills Rose. Wolverine later meets a Native American woman called Silver Fox and they fall in love. Sabretooth, [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of the peace Wolverine found]], kills Silver Fox.]]

** Other notable characters at Ling-Ling's anger management classes were Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian. And the one who was leading the class was the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk. [[SarcasmMode Because he's ''always'' calm.]]

So Bob is constantly angry. Maybe he has a bunch of [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]]. Or maybe he has a HairTriggerTemper. Perhaps he's prone to HulkingOut and [[UnstoppableRage going into a frenzy]]. Sooner or later his [[TrueCompanions friends]] get fed up with his temper. Or maybe Bob decides to learn to control his Temper on his own. Either way, he'll do whatever it takes to become a calmer or more peaceful person.

* The ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' tries this a lot. It doesn't work very often. Usually because his enemies won't, [[LeaveMeAlone 'Leave Hulk Alone']].

* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' Edith Bunker tries to keep [[NobleBigot Archie Bunker]] calm all of the time. Considering he has a StrawFeminist for a daughter and a [[HippyTeacher Hippy arrogant intellectual]] for a son-in-law. It doesn't work.
* Just like the example above, George Jefferson from ''Series/TheJeffersons'' had a HairTriggerTemper. Probably even worse than Archie Bunker. He does manage to control it on occasions, but only when he's trying to keep up appearances and curry favors.

* [[ItsBeenDone The Simpsons Did It!]] In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', [[BrattyHalfPint Bart Simpsons]] creates a comic book about Homer called Angry Dad, which becomes a popular internet series. At first [[JerkAss Homer's]] mad about it, but after talking to the family he decides to try and become a less angry person. Needless to say, [[StatusQuoIsGod it doesn't last]].

* Just like [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' tries to do this a lot. And just like the Hulk, it doesn't last. Notable examples include [[spoiler:the volume where Wolverine and [[PrecociousCrush Rose]] work at a mine in British Colombia and Wolverine finds peace and tranquility. That peace is interrupted when [[BigBadFriend Dog]] kills Rose. Wolverine later meets a Native American woman called Silver Fox and they fall in love. Sabretooth, [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of the peace Wolverine found]], kills Silver Fox. Yeah. [[StuffedIntoTheFridge He tends to do that a lot]].]]

-->'''Sphinx:''' If you do not control your rage--
-->'''Furious:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Your rage will control you?]]
-->'''Sphinx:''' ''(beat)'' [[BlatantLies I wasn't going to say that...]]

This Trope usually goes hand in hand with a HeelFaceTurn for {{villains}}, [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], and even [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]], although the last one depends on how dark they really are.

There are many ways they can go about to achieve this inner peace. One of the most prominent ways is WalkingTheEarth. The character leaves on a journey to learn more about themselves, the world, and their place within the world. This often involves leaving behind their posessions as well.

A common trope in martial arts series. A new disciple will become the pupil of an OldMaster or TheMentor. The disciple will go from being a loud mouthed kid or an ArrogantKungFuGuy to a MartialPacifist.

This Trope is OlderThanDirt. In Myth/ClassicalMythology after killing his music teacher [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidentally]], Hercules is sent to a farm to become a more peaceful person. Another old example, is Moses from Literature/TheBible. [[ItWasHisSled After finding out that he was a Hebrew]], Moses kills an Egyptian Slavemaster who's beating his slave and flees to Midian. While there, he gets married and becomes a wiser and more peaceful person.

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** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': [[TheRival Vegeta]] is well known among anime fans for his many {{Berserk Button}}s and HairTriggerTemper. He spent much of the second half of the series going on [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge sprees]], to prove that he was [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne the strongest warrior in the Universe]]. He was also known for his [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy over Goku's power growth]], however by the end of the series he learns to accept his inferiority and pulls a full HeelFaceTurn. He's a much more peaceful character in the series.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': [[TheDitz Misa Amane]] keeps on talking about how great [[SerialKiller Kira]] is. Police Chief Yagami and [[InspectorLestrade Aizawa]] try to control their temper, but after a while Aizawa [[RageBreakingPoint can't hold it in any longer]] and throws her out of the room.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[MagnificentBastard Lelouch Lamperouge]] and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Suzaku Kururugi]] spend the second half of the series constantly in a state of rage and [[OutGambitted screwing up each other's plans]]. They both have their own reasons. Suzaku wants to kill Lelouch because [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie he killed princess Euphemia]]]]. And Lelouch wants to kill Suzaku because [[spoiler: Suzaku's fighting for the villains.]] However, by the end of the series they realize that their constant fighting wasn't helping them reach their original goals, and work together towards a better future. By the end of it, they're more calm and happy, and Lelouch [[spoiler: dies with a smile on his face]].
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Scar. Definitely Scar. At the beginning we're introduced to an angry KnightTemplar with a [[FreudianExcuse terribly sad backstory]]. [[spoiler:The [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Amestrian Troops]]]] enter his country of Ishval for [[WarIsHell brutal slaughter]] of the Ishvalan people. This was largely aided by State Alchemists. Scar then decides to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and [[SerialKiller kill]] every State Alchemist. After meeting Edward Elric and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Alphonse Elric]], [[{{Tritagonist}} Scar]] slowly pulls a HeelFaceTurn and by the end of the series he ends up saving [[ColonelBadass Mustang]] from becoming consumed by his Wrath too. Bonus points for Mustang having been one of the State Alchemists who helped in the Ishvalan genocide.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Yusuke Urameshi and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Kuwabara Kazuma]]. Both characters start out as [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority angry teens who rebel against authority]]. By the end of the series both characters end up happy with their lives. Kuwabara changes his ways and gets serious about school. He gets into a prestigious high school through hard work. Yusuke didn't have it as easy, but he ended up happy in the end (despite not getting passed a Junior High Education).
* Domon Kasshu in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' runs on HotBlooded UnstoppableRage for much of the first part of the series. It initially serves him well since said rage activates Shining Gundam's Super Mode. However, the limitations of this becomes clear [[spoiler:when his rage falters at the sight of Kyoji. Right before he's about to strike, he remembers the kindly older brother Kyoji was as opposed to the monster (he thinks) Kyoji has become, and he fails to follow through on the blow.]] He then undergoes training to focus his rage into TranquilFury, achieving the more powerful Golden Hyper Mode.

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* In the ''[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica The Death of Captain America]]'', many heroes deal with the Death of Captain America in different ways. ComicBook/MsMarvel and ComicBook/SpiderMan deal with their anger over Captain America dying. Ms. Marvel decides to take out her anger by thrashing Tiger Shark, and Spider-Man takes out his anger by attacking Rhino. Funnily enough they're both stopped by characters who are well know for having [[HairTriggerTemper HairTriggerTempers]]. Namor lectures Ms. Marvel on controling her anger, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} talks to Spider-Man about dealing with loss. Ms. Marvel even calls Namor out on this.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In the comics, he has a symbiote suit that turns him into a total angry Jerkass. Being that it's his SuperPoweredEvilSide and Spider-Man's a hero, it doesn't last and he goes back to being the NiceGuy that he usually is. It should be noted that it is only in [[NewerThanTheyThink recent adaptations that the symbiote suit does that]]. In the original story it had no effect on his personality aside from taking him for joyrides when he was asleep, and he wore it for quite some time. The ClothesMakeTheManiac portrayal started with the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries 1994 animated series]] as a means of introducing the suit and quickly moving on to Venom.
* The armor that ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} uses comes with the side-effect of increasing his temper, and he has to struggle to control it even under the best of conditions. It later turns out it's due to incompatibility, since the armor wasn't designed for humans.
* ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith''. At the beginning of issue #8, an Imperial Officer comes to report to the Emperor only to be {{Force Choke}}d by Vader for the (supposedly) poor performance of his division. Emperor Palpatine stops his apprentice before he kills him. Sidious understands and acknowledges Vader's feelings about "lesser beings" in their Empire but warns Vader to not go to far in killing Imperials for two reasons: first, the Emperor does not want "to rule a galaxy of the dead" and second, he tells Vader that going too deep into the Dark Side means that his rage will control ''him''. Vader does take the lesson on board, but it's difficult when he really is SurroundedByIdiots, some of whom are [[TooDumbToLive trying to kill him]].

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Iris notices how Ash, [[NiceGuy who is normally as kind]] [[AllLovingHero and good natured as they get]], tends to have episodes of anger when confronting people who hurt those he cares about, making him lose focus and affecting his battle performance. She makes a note to train him to control those bursts in the future.

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* ''Film/SpiderMan3'': In the film, Spider-Man has the same issue with the suit as in the comic. It makes him very [[HairTriggerTemper temperamental]]. A good example of this, is when he slams a guy to the wall just for touching him.

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* In the novel ''Windflower'' by Gabrielle Roy, the {{Deuteragonist}} Jimmy was always angry. However, after he started living in the wilderness, and by the ways of the [[NobleSavage Native Americans]] he becomes a much more peaceful person.

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* In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', [[OverprotectiveDad Uncle Phil]] is constantly angry with [[DeadpanSnarker Will Smith]] for his constant [[SpannerInTheWorks screw ups]]. In one episode, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint and instead of yelling at Will like usual, he hugs him... for an entire week non stop.
* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' Edith Bunker tries to keep [[NobleBigot Archie Bunker]] calm all of the time. Considering he has a StrawFeminist for a daughter, and a [[HippyTeacher Hippy arrogant intellectual]] for a son-in-law. It doesn't work.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth Doctor]] is constantly struggling to control the anger that has built up in him over 2,000+ years of confronting villains, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever eventually losing everyone he loves]], etc. He has a noticeably pricklier personality than most incarnations as a result, with NoSocialSkills, and at least two {{Berserk Button}}s -- war and his companion Clara (his MoralityChain) coming to harm. He also comes down ''hard'' on villains who can't be reasoned with, as his BadassBoast to the Boneless in the climax of "Flatline" makes clear. He does soften with time, but in the final stretch of Series 9 (his second season) [[spoiler: she is Killed Off For Real]] '''and then''' his enemies [[spoiler: torture him for ''four-and-a-half billion years'', as escaping his chamber in a way that will further his plan to save her means he must constantly die and relive the torture. Billions of times]]. He emerges from this as TheUnfettered WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, so damaged that the only thing that can tame and restore him to his best self is [[spoiler: forgetting her altogether, though he manages to recall the experiences he had with her]].

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* In ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', the titular character spends much of the play angry over [[ItWasHisSled Claudius murdering King Hamlet]]. In his anger he [[spoiler: kills Polonius which sets off a chain of events including [[TheOphelia Ophelia going insane]] and [[YouKilledMyFather Laertes]] wanting revenge.]] By the end of the play, Hamlet has more or less come to accept the mistakes and enemies that he's made.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

** Daisy Duck, frequently tries to tame Donald Duck's anger, but it never works. Daisy has quite the temper herself, but she usually controls it. At least in comparison to Donald.

* [[ItsBeenDone The Simpsons Did It!]] In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', [[BrattyHalfPint Bart Simpsons]] creates a comic book about Homer called Angry Dad, which become a popular internet series. At first [[JerkAss Homer's]] mad about it, but after talking to the family he decides to try and become a less angry person. Needless to say, [[StatusQuoIsGod it doesn't last]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Squidward Tentacles is always angry. Seriously. The WordOfGod is that he was meant to symbolize Wrath of the SevenDeadlySins. However, one episodes has Squidward shocked by an electric fence and becoming nice. Just like most of the other comedy examples, it doesn't last because StatusQuoIsGod.

** As [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils the son of the rulers of Hell]], Tom's anger issues are at least partially biological, as he has thousands of magical anger demons inside him, making his anger ''much'' harder to tame than it would be for an ordinary person. He tried to find a magical solution by extracting those anger demons within him, but this turned out to have two major flaws: it he's got so many of the things in him that it would take daily torturous rituals for a decade to "cure" him, and based on others who have undergone the produce he'd be effectively lobotomized once it was complete. After an initial attempt, Star convinces him to accept his anger as a part of him and try to tame it the old-fashioned way.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Think Positive," Pops tells Benson to stop yelling at Mordecai and Rigby or he will be fired. Benson tries to keep his temper in check and not yell at Mordecai and Rigby, but they intentionally go out of their way to provoke Benson, knowing he can't yell at them. Despite his best efforts to remain calm, Benson's rage builds up to catastrophic levels that threaten to destroy the park. Realizing they went to far, Mordecai convinces Pops to lift the ban on Benson's yelling, at which point Benson unleashes his rage in an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Mordecai and Rigby.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'' episode "Happy Hippy", Matilda tries to get Red, who had gone into an UnstoppableRage from having to deal with the pigs, to relax. However, Red keeps on destroying everything in sight because he keeps on seeing hallucinations of the minion pigs, until he accidentally knocks Matilda unconscious during an outburst. Once they wake up, Red has calmed down, but when Matilda sees the damage that Red had caused, [[HourglassPlot she looses]] ''[[HourglassPlot her]]'' [[HourglassPlot temper]] and chases Red, who unsuccessfully tries to calm her down, and pummels him on top of a small structure.

* Done more than once in ''DonaldDuck'' comics: Daisy Duck tries to force him to control his temper at one point. Donald's nephews take advantage of this and misbehave, knowing that he won't spank them. They keep on pushing his buttons. Daisy tells Donald that it's okay to spank them as long as he does it with a smile. [[{{Karma}} He spanks them in the end]].