Basic Trope: An Ax-Crazy fighter fueled by Unstoppable Rage.
- Straight: In Tales of Troperia, The Rival of Sir Robert (and The Brute to Emperor Evulz), Claidheamh, the Left Handed Brute, tends to go absolutely Ax-Crazy during his fights; He swings his claymore with reckless abandon, being unable to distinguish between allies or enemies, and is generally one of the more bloodthirsty warriors out there.
- Exaggerated: Claidheamh, on top of swinging his claymore wildly, tends to constantly bellow at the top of his lungs during combat, and he becomes too angry to die in the midst of his battle fueled frenzy. Even whenever he's in peace, he tends to gnaw on his claymore, because this is how he controls his own bloodthirst.
- Downplayed: Claidheamh is a Blood Knight, though he tends to showcase less fury and more sadism, being known to Put the "Laughter" in "Slaughter" and constantly bear a Slasher Smile.
- Justified:
- Claidheamh was raised to fight with reckless abandon because his Unstoppable Rage combined with his gigantic physique makes him the perfect candidate for this.
- Claidheamh normally isn't like this, but he's in a life-or-death situation, and can't afford to not be calm in a fight like this.
- Inverted: Sir Robert himself is uncannily calm during his fights; He never shows even a modicum of emotion, much less has his face twisted and contorted into an expression of fury, even when half his limbs are hacked off.
- Subverted: Claidheamh normally isn't like this; His reputation as a berserker isn't actually legitimate...
- Double Subverted: ...Unless he's pushed far past his Rage Breaking Point. In which case, all bets are off.
- Parodied: Claidheamh is often seen as an angry pet chihuahua, constantly gnawing on his claymore because he's still in his bloodthirsty mode (primarily due to lacking a shield to gnaw on), and he tends to act like a bit of a wild dog. Whenever he bites a mook, Evulz, or any of the higher officials, discipline him with a rolled up newspaper, calling him "Bad Claidheamh! Bad boy!" until he stops and whimpers.
- Zig-Zagged: Claidheamh's temperament during battle varies wildly. Sometimes he goes completely insane, other times he has Dissonant Serenity, and other times he just fights normally.
- Averted: Claidheamh fights with a healthy amount of emotion.
- Enforced: It's an Establishing Character Moment for The Brute in particular; Being an Ax-Crazy maniac is definitely going to help identify him.
- Lampshaded: "Of course, it's a nigh impossible to kill maniac..."
- Invoked: Claidheamh takes this reputation in order to garner himself another reputation, this time as The Dreaded...
- Exploited: ...Which means that he gets free drinks lest the bartender incurs his wrath.
- Defied: Claidheamh is put through Training from Hell in order to not be this.
- Discussed: Characters discuss on whether or not this fighting style should even be encouraged, with some not wanting their soldiers to be absolutely torn apart.
- Conversed: Alice and Bob are kind of sick of having to deal with a character that's too angry to die, and they give it furious criticism and riffs on the archetype.
- Played for Laughs: Claidheamh's bouts of fury are comparable to a child's temper tantrum. But with less of an actual child and more of a comedically overgrown one rapidly swinging about a BFS.
- Played for Horror: You know what a Mook Horror Show is, right? With Claidheamh, it's now a Red Shirt Horror Show.
- Played for Drama: Claidheamh had been wracked with grief of having lost his Doomed Hometown to Sir Robert's idiot teammates, and his berserk nature is the only way to help him cope.
- Implied:
- While it's never exactly made clear if Claidheamh is this or not, but his files reveal that he's a particularly proficient fighter and that he has some severe anger issues.
- Claidheamh is known to get angry in his fights, but we have yet to see this even happen.
- Deconstructed: Claidheamh can't tell between ally or enemy and he ends up accidentally killing one.
- Reconstructed: This is precisely why Claidheamh had gone to be known as a One-Man Army. They put him as one man against multiple armies, because if they put in anyone else, they may risk getting killed as part of collateral.
Oh, Crap! The Berserker is going to barrel through this page at any moment! RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!
