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Main Berserk Button Discussion
4th Aug '10 1:43:57 PM 208.93.157.157 People who want to have uninformed opinions on certain subjects when there is all the evidence in the world that proves you wrong is the sign of a small mind. Educate yourself before you label ANYONE a pedophile.
4th Aug '10 1:43:51 PM 208.93.157.157 People who want to have uninformed opinions on certain subjects when there is all the evidence in the world that proves you wrong is the sign of a small mind. Educate yourself before you label ANYONE a pedophile.
Deleted line(s) 870 (click to see context) : The lady, she protests too much, methinks. =)
4th Aug '10 1:43:51 PM 208.93.157.157 People who want to have uninformed opinions on certain subjects when there is all the evidence in the world that proves you wrong is the sign of a small mind. Educate yourself before you label ANYONE a pedophile.
Deleted line(s) 870 (click to see context) : The lady, she protests too much, methinks. =)
Is it me, or can nearly all of the recently-added examples be boiled down to "don't do X to my favorite badass character, because that's when he's most badass". Not really Berserk Button examples, but just examples of when the character happened to start a fight in the originating media. That's not a Berserk Button in my opinion, it's just a plot point.
I mean, I might as well add "Don't magically paralyze Neville Longbottom and put a flaming hat on his head unless you want your snake decapitated!" That's not a berserk button... that's a plot point.
Kyle Broflovski is normally calm except 1) when Cartman mocks Jews around him, and 2) when he's surrounded by the denizens of New Jersey.
I don't think this quote belongs on the quotes page — there's nothing here to indicate a Berserk Button.
"Everyone has a conditional clause in their life, some little unspoken addition to the rules like 'except when I really need to' or 'unless no one is looking', or, indeed, 'unless the first one was nougat'."
Many examples here do not show the characters exploding in a fit of rage but only getting irritated. Berserk Button is not the same thing as Pet Peeve, but the two are being used interchangibly on this wiki.
For example, let's say that Goku loses a penny, here would be his reactions.
Pet Peeve: I lost a penny, dammit! I HATE when that happens.
Berserk Button: I.......LOST......A.......PENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *followed by Goku trashing the place*
Should this article be split, there seems to be enough variety between it's use that it could be two- or three tropes.
one for Berserk buttons that trigger,Oh Crap Moments in who ever pressed it.
ex; Mocking a Dead Little Sister
one for serious but not rage-filled outbursts when pressed.
Three: Where the Berserk button is either used for comedy or has a comedic reaction.
Aren't a lot of the examples just cases of people being angry for very justifiable reasons? Example:
"Assassin's Creed I: Do not kill people whom Altaïr loves. He will fly into an Unstoppable Rage and go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge." That's not a Berserk Button. It's perfectly understandable for someone to be violently angry when their family is harmed. A Berserk Button requires something seemingly innocent as the trigger.