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Author: Psuliin

Sep 3rd 2012 at 5:06:50 PM

I understand that, Rodney. That is how I've been referring to it in every comment on this thread. It is not the same kind of trigger referred to in {{UsefulNotes/Trigger}}, and the type of anger it triggers is extreme explosive rage.

It differs from a Trope Trigger in that anger by itself is not a trope. If the anger that the Berserk Button triggers is '''also an anger trope''' then the Berserk Button is '''also a Trope Trigger'''. But it need not be. Likewise a Trope Trigger can activate an anger trope, but it is not a Berserk Button unless the anger is the sort of extreme rage that a Berserk Button involves.

At this point I'm repeating myself, because I can't think of any way to say it more clearly. In short: a Trope Trigger can trigger anger, if it is an anger trope. A Berserk Button can be a Trope Trigger, if the extreme rage it activates involves an anger trope. But neither Trope Trigger nor Berserk Button is really a subtrope of the other. Sometimes they just overlap or intersect.