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* ''Franchise/TheDCAU'':

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' has Willie Nelson ([[NamesTheSame not that one]],) a onion-spider monster that lives in the Aqua Teens' attic. He comes out from the attic in "The Shaving" in a half-hearted, ineffectual attempt to scare the trio, and despite Shake's attempts to make him scarier he's ultimately too nice of a guy for it to stick. And then the trio (plus Carl) finally go up to the attic where they find [[spoiler: mountains of mutilated corpses that Willie Nelson's been eating for years, right before Willie rips off Carl's arms to drink his "juice".]]

** Arnold tries to see good in everybody and is always willing to help someone out. If you're beyond reforming, he will not hesitate to let you know. The maddest Arnold has ever been was most likely when he helped [[LazyBum Oskar Kokoshka]] get a job as a newspaper deliveryman only for the latter to [[PlayingSick feign illness to get out of it and manipulate Arnold into doing it for him twice in a row]]. Arnold told Oskar he was a "huge loser" while calling him out on his lies.

* In the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' special WesternAnimation/WhyCharlieBrownWhy, Linus befriends a girl named Janice who suffers from leukemia. The normally kind-hearted Linus meets his sister Lucy's ignorance and insensitivity with TranquilFury. Later, when a bully steals Janice's hat (which is concealing her hair loss from chemotherapy) and makes fun of her, Linus loses it completely and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech viciously tells the bully off]].

** How about in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', where the innocent Sorcerer's Apprentice brings his broom to life, finds that it is doing its job [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well]], and attempts to rectify the situation... by brutally chopping it to smithereens [[AnAxeToGrind with an axe]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot We only see their shadows on the wall...]]

** Arnold tries to see good in everybody and is always willing to help someone out. If you're beyond reforming, he will not hesitate to let you know. The maddest Arnold has ever been was most likely when he helped [[LazyBum Oskar Kokoshka]] get a job as a newspaper deliveryman only for the latter to [[PlayingSick feign illness to get out of it and manipulate Arnold into doing it for him]]. Arnold told Oskar he was a "huge loser" while calling him out on his lies.

** Arnold tries to see good in everybody and is always willing to help someone out. If you're beyond reforming, he will not hesitate to let you know. The maddest Arnold has ever been was most likely when he helped [[LazyBum Oskar Kokoshka]] get a job only to be manipulated into doing it for him. Arnold told Oskar he was a "huge loser" while calling him out on his lies.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin1991'''s Professor Calculus is normally a soft-spoken, mildly eccentric, rather charming old man, who, by virtue of his poor hearing and generally good demeanor, does not notice most of the jokes at his expense, and doesn't care about those he does hear. But then in "[[Recap/TintinDestinationMoon Destination Moon]]" Captain Haddock [[BerserkButton mocked his ambitions for space travel and accused him of "acting the goat"...]]

** [[MeaningfulName Ursa]] is a gentle, elegant lady who has probably never hurt a fly. But [[spoiler:[[BerserkButton threaten her kids]] and [[MamaBear she will]] ''kill you''; there's a reason the trope is called MamaBear.]]

* Zilla Jr. in ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' is usually content with just lazing about eating fish and swimming in the ocean all day. Harm his "father", Nick Tatapolous, however? [[BerserkButton Run.]]

* Phineas the Good Wizard is normally a benevolent surrogate father figure to the ''WesternAnimation/LittleWizards'', but when they are threatened, he can be surprisingly fierce. In one episode, he terrifies a pair of trolls who are threatening his wards by transforming Prince Dexter's wooden sword into a terrifying monster that seems ready to genuinely eat them. In another episode, he punishes the Witch of the Petrified Woods after she loses a WizardDuel to him by [[BalefulPolymorph transforming her into a monstrous little beast]] and sending her fleeing into the woods [[RumpRoast with magical flames scorching her rear]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': ** Arnold tries to see good in everybody and is always willing to help someone out. If you're beyond reforming, he will not hesitate to let you know. The maddest Arnold has ever been was most likely when he helped [[LazyBum Oskar Kokoshka]] get a job only to be manipulated into doing it for him. Arnold told Oskar he was a "huge loser" while calling him out on his lies.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Arnold tries to see good in everybody and is always willing to help someone out. If you're beyond reforming, he will not hesitate to let you know. The maddest Arnold has ever been was most likely when he helped [[LazyBum Oskar Kokoshka]] get a job only to be manipulated into doing it for him. Arnold told Oskar he was a "huge loser" while calling him out on his lies.

--->'''Zoidberg:''' [[RantInducingSlight YOU DO AND I'LL]] [[PrecisionFStrike F]]-''[bleep]''-[[PrecisionFStrike ING]] [[RantInducingSlight GUT YOU LIKE A FISH!!!]]

** In the older cartoons, before he gets significantly watered down to TheGenericGuy of the group, he's just as aggressive as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck when pushed to the limit - such as in the 1942 short "WesternAnimation/SymphonyHour", where he ultimately [[http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11400000/Symphony-Hour-mickey-mouse-11499650-300-219.jpg pulls a pistol(!)]] on Donald when the duck tries to skip out on a concert GoneHorriblyWrong. Notably this is the last time until House of Mouse we see this side of the mouse.

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** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':

** ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'':
*** This is taken further in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' [[spoiler: when Rhinox was turned into Tankor, the Tank Drone General and lost his morality even after regaining his spark. He alone became a creditable threat to both Optimus AND Megatron, the former having a band of elite soldiers while the latter has the entire planet under his control. It says a lot about the Maximal's former chief scientist]]
*** Primus help you if you even ''think'' of hurting [[DarkActionGirl Blackarachnia]]. Even if you can lay a hand on her, she's got Silverbolt, her KnightInShiningArmor who ''breathes'' this trope, and '''will''' make you regret touching the "dark poison of his heart."
*** Optimus. He'd rather not fight, even trying to reason with [[BigBad Megatron]] ("Why start this up again?"). Sufficiently pushed, he becomes a {{determinator}} who will forcefully remind you that he ''is'' a Prime. (well, Primal. Same thing)
*** Tigatron, the resident FriendToAllLivingThings... who will make you regret it if you '''''threaten''''' to harm nature, like [[spoiler:Inferno]] learned.

* ''Franchise/{{Ben 10}}'':

* Dr. Reginald Bushroot from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is normally so adorable and timid that sometimes it's hard to remember that he's a [[AntiVillain villain]] ({{Word Of God}} has even stated that he would have eventually made a {{Heel Face Turn}}). However, when he saw what looked like Darkwing Duck [[ItMakesSenseInContext kissing the bride he created for himself]], his immediate response was to try to ''[[{{Main/Yandere}} kill Darkwing with a lawnmower]]''. Also, in his first appearance, one of the first things Bushroot decides to do with his new powers is make the scientists who bullied him [[TheDogBitesBack have a little "accident..."]] [[spoiler: A later story in the comics revealed that Bushroot's bullies didn't die, but turned into plant/duck hybrids who are terrified of Bushroot because of what he did to them.]]

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] on WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk by Bucket and Mulch after they see [[GentleGiant Fishlegs]] lecture Snotlout into returning a stolen dragon egg.

** Played straight on WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk when Hiccup, the [[AllLovingHero nicest guy around]], tells Toothless to shoot Alvin at point-blank range for threatening to kill Astrid.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' gives us Jedi Knight and {{Team Dad}} to the Ghost Crew [[BrokenAce Kanan Jarrus]]. He is usually friendly and tries to do his best to keep the team together, but may the Force REALLY be with you if you hurt someone he cares about. No, really. Just ask the burnt remains of [[TheHeavy the Grand Inquisitor]].

* ''Westernanimation/StevenUniverse'' Steven is an incredibly laid-back, polite, dorky, AllLovingHero. It takes a ''lot'' to piss him off, but he will let you know it.[[spoiler: He yells at and argues with Pearl for not believing him about the mysterious things in the warp stream]], [[spoiler: he throws a tantrum over Ruby and Sapphire's bickering]], and [[spoiler: when he thought that Peridot was going to sell out the Crystal Gems to Yellow Diamond, he steals the Diamond communicator, locks her in a truck, and angrily tells her off before ratting her out to the Crystal Gems]]. In "Beach City Drift" [[spoiler: he expressed his first case of outright ''hatred'' when [[SmallNameBigEgo Kevin]] started violating his, and [[FriendlessBackground (especially)]] [[ShrinkingViolet Connie's]] personal space when they were fused as Stevonnie. He spends most of the episode irritable and pissed off after encountering Kevin again at the start, and finally calms down at the end when he realizes that he shouldn't be fusing just to get revenge and that he's putting both himself and Connie in danger in the process]]. The episode "Lars and the Cool Kids", where Lars insults Steven's [[MissingMom dead mother]]. Steven makes the most heartbreaking face you can imagine, before [[BerserkButton absolutely tearing into Lars.]]

* Anet from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'' is a ForgetfulJones Elephant monk, kind natured and peaceable, who, like the rest of his Village, is more prone to meditating on a problem than taking direct action. When their village is invaded by LizardFolk, the dire straits prompt a collective AwakeningTheSleepingGiant, and Anet in particular leads the charge. He tosses one of the invading force's {{Walking Tank}}s into its neighbor, and makes short work of the Lizard general's bayonetted rifle, wrenching it out of his hands and bending it in half. In response, the general flees in terror.

* ''{{Tintin}}'''s Professor Calculus is normally a soft-spoken, mildly eccentric, rather charming old man, who, by virtue of his poor hearing and generally good demeanor, does not notice most of the jokes at his expense, and doesn't care about those he does hear. But then in "Destination Moon" Captain Haddock [[BerserkButton mocked his ambitions for space travel and accused him of "acting the goat"...]]
** In the comic at least, his rant at Captain Haddock lasts for several pages, and includes shouting that he is not the CloudCuckooLander that everyone believed him to be. It ends when he shows Captain Haddock the nuclear powered rocket as big as a skyscraper which he designed and built.
---> '''Calculus:''' See what "the goat" CREATED!

** Aang is a goofy little kid, okay? He's a monk, he loves riding animals and dropping pudding cakes on fuddy-duddy heads, and playing with kids and generally being the most [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly sweet person]] he possibly can. He can fight pretty darn well, but always goes for disarms or knockdowns... until you cross the MoralEventHorizon in his presence. Then his [[GlowingEyesOfDoom eyes start glowing]] and he becomes a demigod capable of throwing hurricanes, tidal waves and mountain ranges around like softballs. He is so terrifyingly powerful and destructive he scares the hell out of his enemies, innocent bystanders, his friends and even ''himself''.

*** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E5AWESOMEO AWESOME-O]]", Cartman pretends to be a cool robot in order to con Butters. When Butters finds out, he reveals he taped one of Cartman's own embarrassing moments, and shows it to everybody.

** Iroh is genuinely a [[CoolOldGuy lovable, good humored old man]], who loves nothing more than a SpotOfTea and board games... and also one of the greatest strategists, tacticians, warriors, and firebenders in the world. Admiral Zhao learns this the hard way.

--->'''Zoidberg:''' [[RantInducingSlight YOU DO AND I'LL]] [[PrecisionFStrike F]]-''[[[SoundEffectBleep bleep]]]''-[[PrecisionFStrike ING]] [[RantInducingSlight GUT YOU LIKE A FISH!!!]]

* Menacing Woofer and Whimper was a good way to get WesternAnimation/ClueClub's sweet, precocious computer whiz, Dotty, riled up.

--> '''Kanan''': That was a mistake.
--> '''The Inquisitor''': Why? Because you have no one left to die for you?
--> '''Kanan''': No. [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore Because I have nothing left to fear]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':

-->'''Slythe''': [[ThisCannotBe But the Elephants never fight]]!
-->'''Aburn''': It is rare, but when we do, we fight to ''win''!

* Hay Lin from ''{{WesternAnimation/WITCH}}'' is a bubbly GenkiGirl who is generally the least violent of the Guardians. But when [[BigBad Nerissa]] stuck her crush Eric on a miniature sun and mocked her about turning him into a charcoal briquette, she snaps out of her HeroicBSOD and throws her across the room, and then proceeds to unleash hell on Nerissa's thralls, all of whom have twice the power she has.

* [[TheChick M'gann]] from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' is a sweet bubbly girl most of the time. She also turns out to have PsychicPowers that dwarf those of any other Martian her uncle has ever met. When the villain [[EvilCounterpart Psimon]] threatens to expose her greatest secret -- the fact that she's [[spoiler: actually a White Martian, not a Green one]] -- she's willing to do anything to stop him -- including knocking her own friends unconscious before they can see her, then [[MindRape Mind Raping]] Psimon into a coma.

** The title character is typically extremely tolerant and obnoxiously optimistic. However, in one episode Squidward resigns from his job and ends up homeless as a result. [=SpongeBob=] finds him and takes him into his home until he can find a new job. He takes it too far and stays a lot longer than necessary, turning [=SpongeBob=] into his personal slave (even forcing him to wear a ''[[DraggedIntoDrag maid's uniform]])''. While [=SpongeBob=] doesn't completely lose his temper, he snaps a bit and drops some '''very''' obvious hints that Squidward should go look for a job already. Squidward still doesn't get said hints (or, more likely, deliberately chooses to ignore them), so [=SpongeBob=] ''furiously'' takes Squidward, still in bed, all the way to the Krusty Krab. He tries to convince Mr. Krabs to hire Squidward back, and when that didn't work, the sponge finally snaps, outright ''strangles his boss'' (as pictured above), calls him a cheapskate, and finally yells at him on how stupid the situation is (which in turn causes the first dime to appear -- [[ShaggyDogStory it was in Mr. Krabs' pocket the whole time!]]). It shows that even ''[=SpongeBob=]'' [[RageBreakingPoint has his limits...]]and it used to be the page image for a ''good'' reason.

** In "The Cent of Money", Mr. Krabs discovers that Gary is good at finding cash, and [=SpongeBob=] explains that it causes Gary great discomfort. Mr. Krabs ([[{{Jerkass}} being Mr. Krabs]]) decides to [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals exploit this trait]] while keeping [=SpongeBob=] occupied at the Krusty Krab. But when he finds out what's really going on, he is ''pissed'' and calls Mr. Krabs out on his deplorable behavior.

** The title character is typically extremely tolerant and obnoxiously optimistic. However, in one episode Squidward resigns from his job and ends up homeless as a result. [=SpongeBob=] finds him and takes him into his home until he can find a new job. He takes it too far and stays a lot longer than necessary, turning [=SpongeBob=] into his personal slave (even forcing him to wear a ''[[DraggedIntoDrag maid's uniform]])''. While [=SpongeBob=] doesn't completely lose his temper, he snaps a bit and drops some '''very''' obvious hints that Squidward should go look for a job already. Squidward still doesn't get said hints (or, more likely, deliberately chooses to ignore them), so [=SpongeBob=] ''furiously'' takes Squidward, still in bed, all the way to the Krusty Krab. He tries to convince Mr. Krabs to hire Squidward back, and when that didn't work, the sponge finally snaps, outright ''strangles his boss'' (as pictured above), calls him a cheapskate, and finally yells at him on how stupid the situation is (which in turn causes the first dime to appear -- [[ShaggyDogStory it was in Mr. Krabs' pocket the whole time!]]). It shows that even ''[=SpongeBob=]'' [[RageBreakingPoint has his limits...]]

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