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** Bubbles is normally the most timid and ditzy of the 3 girls, but as the pilot and episode Bubblelious show, push her too far and she WILL kick your ass.
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** Bubbles is normally the most timid and ditzy of the 3 girls, but as the pilot and episode Bubblelious ''Bubblevicious'' show, push her too far and she WILL kick your ass. ass.
** When Blossom's brains and Buttercup's brawn fails to down a giant monster in ''Three Girls And A Monster,'' Bubbles uses the only tact left: disarming charm and politeness.
** When Blossom's brains and Buttercup's brawn fails to down a giant monster in ''Three Girls And A Monster,'' Bubbles uses the only tact left: disarming charm and politeness.
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** Bubbles is normally the most timid and ditzy of the 3 girls, but as the pilot and episode Bubblelious show, push her too far and she WILL kick your ass.
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** Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this trope. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to protect the nephews), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
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** Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this trope. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to ([[PapaWolf especially to]] [[BigBrotherInstinct protect the nephews), nephews]]), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
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* Mabel from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' may be a girly-girl CloudCuckoolander, but she can be dangerous when provoked (especially if you threaten her brother Dipper). In the pilot episode alone, she [[spoiler: defeats an army of gnomes with ''a leaf blower''.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvellousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', the episode 100 Percencus has Captain K'nuckles do this, when he singlehandedly throws a hundred-strong army of ruthless pirates out of Stormalong.
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* {{Popeye}} would spend a considerable amount of time each cartoon getting his butt kicked by Bluto/Brutus. Then he got his spinach on and it was over.
** Sometimes, this point came when he ''really'' got angry, and said, "That's all I can stands, 'cause I can't stands no more!"
* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar"
* [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy Dog]]: ''(deadpan like always)'' "You know what? [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry That makes me mad]]!"
** Sometimes, this point came when he ''really'' got angry, and said, "That's all I can stands, 'cause I can't stands no more!"
* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar"
* [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy Dog]]: ''(deadpan like always)'' "You know what? [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry That makes me mad]]!"
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* {{Popeye}} would spend a considerable amount of time each cartoon getting his butt kicked by Bluto/Brutus. Then he got his spinach on and it was over.
**over. Sometimes, this point came when he ''really'' got angry, and said, "That's all I can stands, 'cause I can't stands no more!"
* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar"
* [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy Dog]]: ''(deadpan like always)'' "You know what? [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry That makes me mad]]!"more!"
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* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar"
* [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy Dog]]: ''(deadpan like always)'' "You know what? [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry That makes me mad]]!"
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* The character of Uncle, from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', seems like an eccentric weirdo who's too old to fight effectively, but when he wears the Dog Talisman, an artifact that gives its user the strength of youth, he shows off his martial arts skills by pulverizing a specially hired assassin who beat Jackie to within an inch of his life.
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* The character of Uncle, from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'':
** Uncle seems like an eccentric weirdo who's too old to fight effectively, but when he wears the Dog Talisman, an artifact that gives its user the strength of youth, he shows off his martial arts skills by pulverizing a specially hired assassin who beat Jackie to within an inch of his life.
** Uncle seems like an eccentric weirdo who's too old to fight effectively, but when he wears the Dog Talisman, an artifact that gives its user the strength of youth, he shows off his martial arts skills by pulverizing a specially hired assassin who beat Jackie to within an inch of his life.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes goofy, silly Beast Boy]] would occasionally get pissed off and remind both villains and viewers that he was capable of turning into any animal alive ''or that had ever lived''. In one episode, he thoroughly thrashed Slade [[spoiler:or rather a roboSlade, though the two were usually interchangeable]] despite the fact that this was someone who regularly whooped the team's designated {{badass}}, Robin.
** This is especially evident in "Titans Together", where the Titans, both organized and honourary, have been decimated, and it's up to Beast Boy to lead the handful that remain against the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brotherhood of Evil]].
** This is especially evident in "Titans Together", where the Titans, both organized and honourary, have been decimated, and it's up to Beast Boy to lead the handful that remain against the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brotherhood of Evil]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes goofy, silly Beast Boy]] would occasionally get pissed off and remind both villains and viewers that he was capable of turning into any animal alive ''or that had ever lived''. In one episode, he thoroughly thrashed Slade [[spoiler:or rather a roboSlade, though the two were usually interchangeable]] despite the fact that this was someone who regularly whooped the team's designated {{badass}}, Robin.
**Robin. This is especially evident in "Titans Together", where the Titans, both organized and honourary, honorary, have been decimated, and it's up to Beast Boy to lead the handful that remain against the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brotherhood of Evil]].
**
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* Happens with Flash in ''[[JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. Twice. The first time has him destroying his [[EvilTwin robot double]] by punching through its chest and then making it ''explode'' by vibrating his arm super-fast, and ''then'' [[spoiler:taking down a Brainiac/Lex Luthor fusion by drive-by getting a run up for each punch so quickly he travels around the world (multiple times) and then PUNCHES EVERY MOLECULE OF BRAINIAC OUT OF LUTHOR while he screams in agony]]. The second time comes in the next season, when [[FreakyFridayFlip his mind has been swapped with Lex Luthor]], who does the vibration trick on some walls and threatens to do the same to someone's head. (Flash doesn't make a habit of this due to the property damage it tends to cause, thus proving that despite appearances, he is more conscientious than pretty much the rest of the Justice League.)
** Another moment of The Flash Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
** Another moment of The Flash Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
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* Happens with Flash in ''[[JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. Twice. The first time has him destroying his [[EvilTwin robot double]] by punching through its chest and then making it ''explode'' by vibrating his arm super-fast, and ''then'' [[spoiler:taking down a Brainiac/Lex Luthor fusion by drive-by getting a run up for each punch so quickly he travels around the world (multiple times) and then PUNCHES EVERY MOLECULE OF BRAINIAC OUT OF LUTHOR while he screams in agony]]. The second time comes in the next season, when [[FreakyFridayFlip his mind has been swapped with Lex Luthor]], who does the vibration trick on some walls and threatens to do the same to someone's head. (Flash doesn't make a habit of this due to the property damage it tends to cause, thus proving that despite appearances, he is more conscientious than pretty much the rest of the Justice League.)
**) Another moment of The Flash Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Broadway and Lexington were typically the comic relief and the SmartGuy in most plots, respectively. But every once in awhile, they'd be pushed a little too far, and remind their enemies (and the audience) that they were full-fledged warriors that could bend steel and break through concrete with their bare hands.
** Especially if you try to [[BerserkButton pull a gun]] on Broadway.
** Especially if you try to [[BerserkButton pull a gun]] on Broadway.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Broadway and Lexington were typically the comic relief and the SmartGuy in most plots, respectively. But every once in awhile, they'd be pushed a little too far, and remind their enemies (and the audience) that they were full-fledged warriors that could bend steel and break through concrete with their bare hands.
**hands. Especially if you try to [[BerserkButton pull a gun]] on Broadway.
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* Dib of ''InvaderZim'' is an almost perpetual ButtMonkey trying to tell a CassandraTruth, but under the right circumstances he's able to unleash his inner awesome and defend the Earth like never before. Like the time he ''[[Awesome/InvaderZim piloted Mercury]]''.
** Indeed, JhonenVasquez remarks in the DVD commentary that "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" is pretty much just an excuse to show Dib's [[Awesome/InvaderZim Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] as he leads Earth's defense fleet against the Irken armada and single-handedly brings down the Massive.
*** True, it turns out it's [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream a computer simulation]]]], but it's still undeniably awesome.
** Indeed, JhonenVasquez remarks in the DVD commentary that "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" is pretty much just an excuse to show Dib's [[Awesome/InvaderZim Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] as he leads Earth's defense fleet against the Irken armada and single-handedly brings down the Massive.
*** True, it turns out it's [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream a computer simulation]]]], but it's still undeniably awesome.
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* Dib of ''InvaderZim'' is an almost perpetual ButtMonkey trying to tell a CassandraTruth, but under the right circumstances he's able to unleash his inner awesome and defend the Earth like never before. Like the time he ''[[Awesome/InvaderZim piloted Mercury]]''.
**Mercury]]''. Indeed, JhonenVasquez remarks in the DVD commentary that "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" is pretty much just an excuse to show Dib's [[Awesome/InvaderZim Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] as he leads Earth's defense fleet against the Irken armada and single-handedly brings down the Massive.
*** True, it turns out it's [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream a computer simulation]]]], but it's still undeniably awesome.Massive.
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*** True, it turns out it's [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream a computer simulation]]]], but it's still undeniably awesome.
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* ''TransformersAnimated'' Starscream is usually a comedic figure, as exemplified by his [[spoiler:death montage, being killed over and over again by Megatron in the span of a single speech.]] However, when it comes to actual combat he is a badass, taking down Ultra Magnus, head of the Autobot Elite Guard and the entire Autobot army, ''with one shot''.
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* ''TransformersAnimated'' ''TransformersAnimated'':
** Starscream is usually a comedic figure, as exemplified by his [[spoiler:death montage, being killed over and over again by Megatron in the span of a single speech.]] However, when it comes to actual combat he is a badass, taking down Ultra Magnus, head of the Autobot Elite Guard and the entire Autobot army, ''with one shot''.
** Starscream is usually a comedic figure, as exemplified by his [[spoiler:death montage, being killed over and over again by Megatron in the span of a single speech.]] However, when it comes to actual combat he is a badass, taking down Ultra Magnus, head of the Autobot Elite Guard and the entire Autobot army, ''with one shot''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' featured an inter-grade dodgeball match, with one kid staying out of it. However, when the older kids nailed a kindergartner, this mild mannered boy showed up in a serape, calling himself "El Diablo." He proceeded to take down an entire GRADE in the span of 6 seconds.
** Said kid happened to be Gus, the mild meek kid of the gang.
*** Gus also got dangerous in the movie. Soda pop > Ninja.
* Jake Long from ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang altogether, it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
** Said kid happened to be Gus, the mild meek kid of the gang.
*** Gus also got dangerous in the movie. Soda pop > Ninja.
* Jake Long from ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang altogether, it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' featured an inter-grade dodgeball match, with one kid staying out of it. However, when the older kids nailed a kindergartner, this mild mannered boy showed up in a serape, calling himself "El Diablo." He proceeded to take down an entire GRADE in the span of 6 seconds.
**seconds. Said kid happened to be Gus, the mild meek kid of the gang.
*** Gus also got dangerous in the movie. Soda pop > Ninja.
* ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'':
** Jake Longfrom ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang altogether, it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
**
** Jake Long
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** In episode 10 of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra sequel series]], [[spoiler: all three of Tenzin's children. [[CuteBookworm Jinora]] sent the [[TheDragon Lieutenant]] [[WorfEffect flying]], [[MotorMouth Ikki]] took out a bunch of chi-blockers with her air-scooter, and Meelo [[{{Fartillery}} gassed]] the rest of them. Oh, and they did this to protect the series' token BadAss, Lin Bei Fong.]]
*** Then there's Bolin for that matter. When he's not being the ButtMonkey, he kicks a fair amount of ass with his own Earthbending.
*** Then there's Bolin for that matter. When he's not being the ButtMonkey, he kicks a fair amount of ass with his own Earthbending.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
** In episode 10 of the[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra sequel series]], [[spoiler: all three of Tenzin's children. [[CuteBookworm Jinora]] sent the [[TheDragon Lieutenant]] [[WorfEffect flying]], [[MotorMouth Ikki]] took out a bunch of chi-blockers with her air-scooter, and Meelo [[{{Fartillery}} gassed]] the rest of them. Oh, and they did this to protect the series' token BadAss, Lin Bei Fong.]]
*** ** Then there's Bolin for that matter. When he's not being the ButtMonkey, he kicks a fair amount of ass with his own Earthbending.
** In episode 10 of the
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* The TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck. He's goofy, grumpy, and has an ego the size of a small planet. But tick him off, and the guilty party will find itself on the receiving end of Quack-Fu and an intelligent, strategizing brain that understands both chemicals and criminals.
** Simply put: He's Disney's equivalent of {{Batman}}. Mess with him and you ''will'' lose.
** Simply put: He's Disney's equivalent of {{Batman}}. Mess with him and you ''will'' lose.
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* The TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck. He's goofy, grumpy, and has an ego the size of a small planet. But tick him off, and the guilty party will find itself on the receiving end of Quack-Fu and an intelligent, strategizing brain that understands both chemicals and criminals.
**criminals. Simply put: He's Disney's equivalent of {{Batman}}. Mess with him and you ''will'' lose.
**
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* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Octi-Evil": Blossom and Buttercup, having spent the better part of the episode fighting with each other, bury the hatchet to save Bubbles.
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* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** In the episode "Octi-Evil": Blossom and Buttercup, having spent the better part of the episode fighting with each other, bury the hatchet to save Bubbles.
** In the episode "Octi-Evil": Blossom and Buttercup, having spent the better part of the episode fighting with each other, bury the hatchet to save Bubbles.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'', Walter "Doc" Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that [[MinoredInAssKicking he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"]] This came up again when he was back on Tarkon and took down the show's nastiest villain ''singlehandedly'' using stuff he picked up in "charm school."
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this trope in WesternAnimation/DuckTales. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to protect the nephews), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this trope in WesternAnimation/DuckTales. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to protect the nephews), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'', Walter "Doc" Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that [[MinoredInAssKicking he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"]] This came up again when he was back on Tarkon and took down the show's nastiest villain ''singlehandedly'' using stuff he picked up in "charm school."
**" Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* WesternAnimation/DuckTales:
** Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out thistrope in WesternAnimation/DuckTales.trope. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to protect the nephews), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
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** Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this
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* Scooby in ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc'' is the same loveable dog as in all canons. However, when a MonsterOfTheWeek actually tried to kill the gang for real, [[spoiler: he [[ForkliftFu pilots a forklift]] and beats the living crap out of it before dispatching it with one of the most BadAss lines ever uttered]]:
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* Scooby in ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc'' ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc'' is the same loveable dog as in all canons. However, when a MonsterOfTheWeek actually tried to kill the gang for real, [[spoiler: he [[ForkliftFu pilots a forklift]] and beats the living crap out of it before dispatching it with one of the most BadAss lines ever uttered]]:
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** For reference, said MonsterOfTheWeek withstood concentrated fire from police with no effect, that's how BadAss Scooby gets when he has to.
* Ickis from ''AaahhRealMonsters''' had [[MrViceGuy a lot of flaws]]: ParentalIssues with [[TheAce his famous father]], incredible [[{{Pride}} arrogance]] coupled with crippling insecurity, a tendency to [[TheSlacker slack off with his scaring]] and panic when that inevitably came back to bite him... Yet whenever put into the position where he was the only one who could face a crisis, he could pull off some amazing BigDamnHero moments.
* Ickis from ''AaahhRealMonsters''' had [[MrViceGuy a lot of flaws]]: ParentalIssues with [[TheAce his famous father]], incredible [[{{Pride}} arrogance]] coupled with crippling insecurity, a tendency to [[TheSlacker slack off with his scaring]] and panic when that inevitably came back to bite him... Yet whenever put into the position where he was the only one who could face a crisis, he could pull off some amazing BigDamnHero moments.
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** Doubly so Fluttershy -- usually timid as anything, and unable to stand up for herself, but threatening ''others'' can make her angry enough to forget herself and suddenly have enough attitude for a grade-A BadAss, as well as a DeathGlare powerful enough to cow fully-grown dragons and win staring contests with ''cockatrices''.
*** While normally a weak flyer, Fluttershy can also [[ImprobablePilotingSkills fly well enough to keep up with]] [[LightningBruiser Rainbow Dash]] when her friends are in danger.
** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].
*** While normally a weak flyer, Fluttershy can also [[ImprobablePilotingSkills fly well enough to keep up with]] [[LightningBruiser Rainbow Dash]] when her friends are in danger.
** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].
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** Doubly so Fluttershy -- usually timid as anything, and unable to stand up for herself, but threatening ''others'' can make her angry enough to forget herself and suddenly have enough attitude for a grade-A BadAss, as well as a DeathGlare powerful enough to cow fully-grown dragons and win staring contests with ''cockatrices''.
***''cockatrices''. While normally a weak flyer, Fluttershy can also [[ImprobablePilotingSkills fly well enough to keep up with]] [[LightningBruiser Rainbow Dash]] when her friends are in danger.
** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].danger.
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** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].
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* Isabella from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is already competent as is, but the kid's gloves come off if Phineas is in danger of being hurt.
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** Isabellafrom ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is already competent as is, but the kid's gloves come off if Phineas is in danger of being hurt.
** Isabella
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* For the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Soundwave kept away from the front lines; the only fight he got into was with the kid sidekicks of the Autobots (his drone also fought a single Helicopter once). In the finale [[spoiler: [[DarkActionGirl Airachnid]] tries to [[TheStarscream convince the Decepticons to abandon Earth, and Megatron]]. Soundwave effortlessly tosses her around, forcing her to abandon her mutiny.]] No wonder Starscream wanted to stay on his good side.
** [[spoiler: He's since dethroned Wheeljack as Most Badass Character in the show by kicking the everloving slag out of him. Soundwave Superior, indeed.]]
* TheFairlyOddparents: When the usually idiotic Cosmo finds his wife and godchild in danger, he gets serious to the point of becoming '''GODZILLA'''.
** [[spoiler: He's since dethroned Wheeljack as Most Badass Character in the show by kicking the everloving slag out of him. Soundwave Superior, indeed.]]
* TheFairlyOddparents: When the usually idiotic Cosmo finds his wife and godchild in danger, he gets serious to the point of becoming '''GODZILLA'''.
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* For the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Soundwave kept away from the front lines; the only fight he got into was with the kid sidekicks of the Autobots (his drone also fought a single Helicopter once). In the finale [[spoiler: [[DarkActionGirl Airachnid]] tries to [[TheStarscream convince the Decepticons to abandon Earth, and Megatron]]. Soundwave effortlessly tosses her around, forcing her to abandon her mutiny.]] No wonder Starscream wanted to stay on his good side.
**side. [[spoiler: He's since dethroned Wheeljack as Most Badass Character in the show by kicking the everloving slag out of him. Soundwave Superior, indeed.]]
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** When the usually idiotic Cosmo finds his wife and godchild in danger, he gets serious to the point of becoming '''GODZILLA'''.
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*** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].
** Pinkie Pie provides a more mundane example. When she realizes she hasn't been particularly responsible caring for the twins she's babysitting, she becomes far more serious and strict. It lasts about as long as it takes the pegasus foal to realize he can fly and the unicorn foal to start using her magic.
*** In an earlier episode, "Griffon The Brush Off," Pinkie doesn't take Gilda seriously no matter how much she tries to tell her to "buzz off," only telling herself that she's jealous of her (despite the latter in fact being a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffon's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Clothing]]) and that Gilda just needs to improve her attitude. But when she sees Gilda blowing a gasket at [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]...
** Pinkie Pie provides a more mundane example. When she realizes she hasn't been particularly responsible caring for the twins she's babysitting, she becomes far more serious and strict. It lasts about as long as it takes the pegasus foal to realize he can fly and the unicorn foal to start using her magic.
*** In an earlier episode, "Griffon The Brush Off," Pinkie doesn't take Gilda seriously no matter how much she tries to tell her to "buzz off," only telling herself that she's jealous of her (despite the latter in fact being a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffon's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Clothing]]) and that Gilda just needs to improve her attitude. But when she sees Gilda blowing a gasket at [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]...
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In an earlier episode, "Griffon The Brush Off," Pinkie doesn't take Gilda seriously no matter how much she tries to tell her to "buzz off," only telling herself that she's jealous of her (despite the latter in fact being a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffon's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Clothing]]) and that Gilda just needs to improve her attitude. But when she sees Gilda blowing a gasket at [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]...
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** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'', once Tirek destroys the library, all bets are off and Twilight goes full throttle on him with her power.
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** Actually, that was Luthor demonstrating the potential misusage of Flash's powers, during which he failed to acquire any secrets of the JLU, seriously harm any members, or even ascertain the Flash's secret identity. Flash's actual moment of Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
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** Actually, that was Luthor demonstrating the potential misusage of Flash's powers, during which he failed to acquire any secrets of the JLU, seriously harm any members, or even ascertain the Flash's secret identity. Flash's actual Another moment of The Flash Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'', you know (s)he's serious whenever [=SheZow=] says "No more mister nice girl!" or "Time to get [=SheZow-y=] with it!"
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** Fenton Crackshell should be mentioned as well. While he was ''smarter'' than Launchpad, he still had a tendency to screw things up. But he was the superhero Gizmoduck, and he occassionally showed that he was heroic and could save the day even without the Gizmo suit.
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** The episode "Maud Pie" introduces Pinkie's sister, Maud. Even after prolonged contact, she is quite clearly an EmotionlessGirl who is only interested in rocks. But when Pinkie gets caught in an avalanche, Maud reacts while everypony else is still gaping, covers several hundred yards in seconds, then ''pounds a house-sized boulder into gravel with a pair of jackhammer hooves.'' {{Jaw Drop}}s all around.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvellousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', the episode 100 Percencus has Captain K'nuckles do this, when he singlehandedly throws a hundred-strong army of ruthless pirates out of Stormalong.
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---> '''Pinkie:''' She's a grump, ''and'' a thief, ''and'' a bully! [[JerkAss The meanest kind of mean meanie-pants there is.]] I can take it, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards no one treats Fluttershy like that.]] ''[[MoralEventHorizon No. One.]]'' This calls for extreme measures - ''Pinkie Pie style!''
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* The TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck.
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* The TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck. He's goofy, grumpy, and has an ego the size of a small planet. But tick him off, and the guilty party will find itself on the receiving end of Quack-Fu and an intelligent, strategizing brain that understands both chemicals and criminals.
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** Doubly so Fluttershy -- usually timid as anything, and unable to stand up for herself, but threatening ''others'' can make her angry enough to forget herself and suddenly have enough attitude for a grade-A BadAss, as well as a DeathGlare powerful enough to cow fully-grown dragons and win staring contests with ''[[EvilEye cockatrices]]''.
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** Doubly so Fluttershy -- usually timid as anything, and unable to stand up for herself, but threatening ''others'' can make her angry enough to forget herself and suddenly have enough attitude for a grade-A BadAss, as well as a DeathGlare powerful enough to cow fully-grown dragons and win staring contests with ''[[EvilEye cockatrices]]''.''cockatrices''.
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** Seriously, don't screw with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. When they've finally been pushed too far by [[TheBully Babs Seed]] the [[ShoutOut A-Team]] music plays, they build an entire motorized parade float in less than a night, fit it with a booby-trap (made from an ''egg timer'') that will send it careening off a cliff at ''precisely'' the right time, and lure Babs into stealing it with a BatmanGambit. They ''even plant a mattress to land on when she shoves them out of the way'', and the only reason it fails is because they have a sudden attack of conscience and save her (The plan itself works beautifully). Seriously, how do these kids not have their cutie marks yet?
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*** Then there's Bolin for that matter. When he's not being the ButtMonkey, he kicks a fair amount of ass with his own Earthbending.
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** Sometimes, this point came when he ''really'' got angry, and said, "That's all I can stand, 'cause I can't stand no more!"
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** Sometimes, this point came when he ''really'' got angry, and said, "That's all I can stand, 'cause I can't stand no more!"
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** This is especially evident in "Titans Together", where the Titans, both organised and honourary, have been decimated, and it's up to Beast Boy to lead the handful that remain against the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brotherhood of Evil]].
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** In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:the entire team successfully fights off ''dozens'' of monsters. Dozens. Pinkie Pie ''weaponizes'' [[ContinuityNod her Party Cannon]], and Rarity ''slaps'' some into submission with a grin on her face. Even Fluttershy manages to trick a few. Problem is, the BigBad has ''thousands'' of {{mook}}s to spare. It is still the second legitimate action sequence on the show, and demonstrates that the team is quite capable even without the Elements of Harmony.]] And then to top it all off, [[spoiler: Shining Armor and the real Princess Cadence use ThePowerOfLove to defeat [[VileVillainSaccharineShow the villain]].]]
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** In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:the entire team successfully fights off ''dozens'' of monsters. Dozens. Pinkie Pie ''weaponizes'' [[ContinuityNod her Party Cannon]], and Rarity ''slaps'' some into submission with a grin on her face. Even Fluttershy manages to trick a few. Problem is, the BigBad has ''thousands'' of {{mook}}s to spare. It is still the second legitimate action sequence on the show, and demonstrates that the team is quite capable even without the Elements of Harmony.]] And then to top it all off, [[spoiler: Shining Armor and the real Princess Cadence use ThePowerOfLove to defeat [[VileVillainSaccharineShow the villain]].]]
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*** Big Macintosh as well. Although he is known to be strong, he is TheStoic and a GentleGiant. Then ''Recap/HeartsAndHoovesDay'' shows everyone exactly how unstoppably strong he is when ''he pulls an entire house from it's foundation with physical strength alone.''
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** Good old Applejack, an earth pony who mainly serves as the TeamMom, often gets overlooked despite being strong enough to knock every single apple from a tree simply by kicking it. Then Season 3 comes around and she takes out a trio of [[{{Planimal}} timber wolves]] with nothing but rocks and her own cunning.
*** Big Macintosh as well. Although he is known to be strong, he is TheStoic and a GentleGiant. Then ''Recap/HeartsAndHoovesDay'' shows everyone exactly how unstoppably strong he is when ''he pulls an entire house from it's foundation with physical strength alone.''
*** Big Macintosh as well. Although he is known to be strong, he is TheStoic and a GentleGiant. Then ''Recap/HeartsAndHoovesDay'' shows everyone exactly how unstoppably strong he is when ''he pulls an entire house from it's foundation with physical strength alone.''
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* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' does this a lot, but the best example would probably be the sketch in which Mafia-installed union reps are brutally killed... by ''BobTheBuilder'' and crew.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' does this a lot, but the best example would probably be the sketch in which Mafia-installed union reps are brutally killed... by ''BobTheBuilder'' ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' and crew.
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* Jake Long from ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang [[DivideByZero altogether]], it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
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* Jake Long from ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang [[DivideByZero altogether]], altogether, it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
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* [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Ben Tennyson]], quite often in all series; most of the time, he is a rather bumbling, narcissic person who seems unable to operate the Omnitrix right. But try to [[BerserkButton kill, hurt or threaten any innocent or people close to him when he is here]], and he can deliver quite amazing performances. Some of the most famous exemples includes delivering a quite creepy MookHorrorShow to [[MonsterClown Zombo]][[HumanoidAbomination zo]], delivering an UnstoppableRage on [[FallenHero Captain Nemesis]], getting an entire army of [[KnightTemplar Forever Knights]] to leave with a single BadassBoast, and the list goes on.
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* [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Ben Tennyson]], quite often in all series; most of the time, he is a rather bumbling, narcissic narcissitic person who seems unable to operate the Omnitrix right. But try to [[BerserkButton kill, hurt or threaten any innocent or people close to him when he is here]], and he can deliver quite amazing performances. Some of the most famous exemples includes delivering a quite creepy MookHorrorShow to [[MonsterClown Zombo]][[HumanoidAbomination zo]], delivering an UnstoppableRage on [[FallenHero Captain Nemesis]], getting an entire army of [[KnightTemplar Forever Knights]] to leave with a single BadassBoast, and the list goes on.
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* ''ClueClub'': In "The Walking House Caper," a mysterious monster figure locks Larry, Pepper and D.D. in a house. Larry uses his communicator to contact Dotty at home base in hopes she'll call the police. Dotty and the show's two dogs, Woofer and Wimper, take it upon themselves to lure the monster away from the house so they can rescue the others. And Dotty does have the foresight to call the police as well.
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* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar!"
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-->"What's this?! A new type of gun?! A NEW WAY TO KILL?!" *[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Thrashes the villains]]*
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* {{Popeye}} would spend a considerable amount of time each cartoon getting his butt kicked by Bluto/Brutus. Then he got his spinach on and it was over.
* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar!"
* [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy Dog]]: ''(deadpan like always)'' "You know what? [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry That makes me mad]]!"
* Parodied as a NoodleIncident in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love," where Mr. Burns and his team try to subdue the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. When all else fails, Mr. Burns himself approaches the monster with a stern look in his face. The scene then unexpectedly cuts to Burns' helicopter in the air, with the monster tied up and swinging below. Mr. Burns explains to his admiring team:
--> '''Burns:''' I was a little worried when he swallowed me, but then, well, you know the rest.
* The character of Uncle, from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', seems like an eccentric weirdo who's too old to fight effectively, but when he wears the Dog Talisman, an artifact that gives its user the strength of youth, he shows off his martial arts skills by pulverizing a specially hired assassin who beat Jackie to within an inch of his life.
** Jackie himself would prefer to live quietly and spends most of every episode running away. Then you threaten his family (or the world) and he starts handing you your ass. [[CatchPhrase Bad day. Bad day. Bad day.]]
* In ''[[HulkVs Hulk vs Wolverine]]'', after Logan gets a supreme ass kicking by the big green guy himself, he [[GoodThingYouCanHeal wakes up a few seconds later]] and goes "ok bub, lets try that again" and proceeds to own. This is actually embarrassing considering the other film has Thor getting pounded into oblivion. Course [[PopularityPower the son of Odin isn't to blame for lack of skill]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes goofy, silly Beast Boy]] would occasionally get pissed off and remind both villains and viewers that he was capable of turning into any animal alive ''or that had ever lived''. In one episode, he thoroughly thrashed Slade [[spoiler:or rather a roboSlade, though the two were usually interchangeable]] despite the fact that this was someone who regularly whooped the team's designated {{badass}}, Robin.
** This is especially evident in "Titans Together", where the Titans, both organised and honourary, have been decimated, and it's up to Beast Boy to lead the handful that remain against the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brotherhood of Evil]].
-->'''Brain:''' ''(to Robin)'' You will fall, one by one. Who among you can possibly stop me now?\\
''(cut to Beast Boy, surrounded by the destroyed parts of the robot drones sent to capture him)''\\
'''Beast Boy:''' Now try and follow me.\\
''(presses a button, [[Awesome/TeenTitans blowing up his ship and everything around it]])''
* Happens with Flash in ''[[JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. Twice. The first time has him destroying his [[EvilTwin robot double]] by punching through its chest and then making it ''explode'' by vibrating his arm super-fast, and ''then'' [[spoiler:taking down a Brainiac/Lex Luthor fusion by drive-by getting a run up for each punch so quickly he travels around the world (multiple times) and then PUNCHES EVERY MOLECULE OF BRAINIAC OUT OF LUTHOR while he screams in agony]]. The second time comes in the next season, when [[FreakyFridayFlip his mind has been swapped with Lex Luthor]], who does the vibration trick on some walls and threatens to do the same to someone's head. (Flash doesn't make a habit of this due to the property damage it tends to cause, thus proving that despite appearances, he is more conscientious than pretty much the rest of the Justice League.)
** Actually, that was Luthor demonstrating the potential misusage of Flash's powers, during which he failed to acquire any secrets of the JLU, seriously harm any members, or even ascertain the Flash's secret identity. Flash's actual moment of Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
--->'''Tala:''' Is that you, Lex?\\
'''Luthor:''' Of course it's me, you idiot.\\
'''Tala:''' ...Oh.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Broadway and Lexington were typically the comic relief and the SmartGuy in most plots, respectively. But every once in awhile, they'd be pushed a little too far, and remind their enemies (and the audience) that they were full-fledged warriors that could bend steel and break through concrete with their bare hands.
** Especially if you try to [[BerserkButton pull a gun]] on Broadway.
-->"What's this?! A new type of gun?! A NEW WAY TO KILL?!" *[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Thrashes the villains]]*
* At the very end of the real last episode/movie for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Ron]] steps it up and masters his [[IKnowKarate Monkey Kung Fu]] in time to completely destroy the aliens and save Kim.
* ''{{Metalocalypse}}'''s Charles Foster Ofdensen, Dethklok's mild-mannered manager/lawyer/accountant. Hints are given throughout the first season that Ofdensen is more than what he seems, but we don't see this full until the finale, which manages to be Crowning Moments of both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesomeWesternAnimation awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]]. A somewhat unique example, in that the villains make a point of taking his awesomeness into account in season 2 and adjusting accordingly.
* Dib of ''InvaderZim'' is an almost perpetual ButtMonkey trying to tell a CassandraTruth, but under the right circumstances he's able to unleash his inner awesome and defend the Earth like never before. Like the time he ''[[Awesome/InvaderZim piloted Mercury]]''.
** Indeed, JhonenVasquez remarks in the DVD commentary that "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" is pretty much just an excuse to show Dib's [[Awesome/InvaderZim Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] as he leads Earth's defense fleet against the Irken armada and single-handedly brings down the Massive.
*** True, it turns out it's [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream a computer simulation]]]], but it's still undeniably awesome.
* Sewer Urchin of ''TheTick'' is a semi-scatterbrained guy who talks like Rain Man and gets knocked around pretty often. However, this is because he's out of his element. In the sewers, he's BadAss to the bone, to the point where The City's sewer workers talk about him with hushed tones of awe.
-->'''Urchin''': Down here I'm considered the apotheosis of cool.
-->'''Arthur''' ''(to The Tick)'': Did he just say "apotheosis?"
* ''TransformersAnimated'' Starscream is usually a comedic figure, as exemplified by his [[spoiler:death montage, being killed over and over again by Megatron in the span of a single speech.]] However, when it comes to actual combat he is a badass, taking down Ultra Magnus, head of the Autobot Elite Guard and the entire Autobot army, ''with one shot''.
** Bumblebee and Bulkhead of the same series would also qualify for this as out of the main line-up they are the youngest and most comical of the Autobots. Particularly in the series' finale when they take on Shockwave, who is mostly owning them in the first part of the fight, until Bulkhead rushes him and floors the guy so hard that his chest smashes, his weapon is knocked away and he even has to resort to pleading for his life. And he did it ''with one punch''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' featured an inter-grade dodgeball match, with one kid staying out of it. However, when the older kids nailed a kindergartner, this mild mannered boy showed up in a serape, calling himself "El Diablo." He proceeded to take down an entire GRADE in the span of 6 seconds.
** Said kid happened to be Gus, the mild meek kid of the gang.
*** Gus also got dangerous in the movie. Soda pop > Ninja.
* Jake Long from ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang [[DivideByZero altogether]], it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
** Jake's muggle dad gets his own such moment when he does some [[GreatBigBookOfEverything on-the-fly research]] ''in the middle of a battle against the Dark Dragon's shadow monsters'', finds the weakness of said monsters, and improvises a method of unleashing said weakness (light). The summoned creatures which had been giving the gathering of dragons all they could handle are wiped out in a matter of seconds. Jake taunts the Dark Dragon by lampshading this.
* [[BadassGrandpa Iroh]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. He gets to do this a number of times, the first being when he is kidnapped by earthbenders just before the winter solstice. He nearly manages to escape on his own, buying time for Zuko to show up. They proceed to lay the smackdown on them without even firebending (that would have been unfair). Another is at the North Pole, after Zhao destroys the Moon Spirit. Then there is the second season premiere, in which he redirects Azula's lightning and kicks her overboard just as she's about to finish off Zuko. Finally, there is the scene when Iroh demonstrates how he got the nickname "Dragon of the West." Moral of the story: do ''not'' underestimate someone who once broke through the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, no matter how harmless he may seem now.
** In episode 10 of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra sequel series]], [[spoiler: all three of Tenzin's children. [[CuteBookworm Jinora]] sent the [[TheDragon Lieutenant]] [[WorfEffect flying]], [[MotorMouth Ikki]] took out a bunch of chi-blockers with her air-scooter, and Meelo [[{{Fartillery}} gassed]] the rest of them. Oh, and they did this to protect the series' token BadAss, Lin Bei Fong.]]
** The Avatar State, depending on your POV, can be seen as this trope. Basically, when the Avatar's life or loved ones are in danger regardless of personality, meaning that even if the Avatar is as gentle as Aang, or on the opposite end as HotBlooded as Korra, their bending power increases considerably and they go into an epic state of destructive fury. So if the Avatar's eyes go solid white and you're not the guilty party, take cover - and if you are, well, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge please stick your head between your legs]] [[CurbStompBattle and kiss your ass goodbye.]]
* The TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck.
* The Toiletnator in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' pulls one of these in a rage-filled, paranoid moment against the very villains who constantly [[ButtMonkey belittle him]]. Mainly applies because he is fought seriously by most of the villains he takes down in the sequence. Unfortunately, he essentially runs out of ammo by the time the actual '''heroes''' show up.
* Ding-A-Ling Wolf, Hokey Wolf's little sidekick once bashed a robot repeatedly with a massive stick longer than he was because the robot was trying to kill Hokey.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': An S2 ep shows Griselda blocking every single attack from her students as part of Magical Defense Class, including Bloom (though to be fair, she was thinking about her phone call with Sky from earlier in the episode). Then you [[FridgeLogic get to the fridge]] and realize that she didn't have any significant role in the final battle of the previous season, when that ability would have been useful. ''[[TheMovie The Secret of the Lost Kingdom]]'' makes up for it by having her putting up a shield for Stella, Flora and Tecna during an attack from [[TheDragon Mandragora]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' does this a lot, but the best example would probably be the sketch in which Mafia-installed union reps are brutally killed... by ''BobTheBuilder'' and crew.
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Octi-Evil": Blossom and Buttercup, having spent the better part of the episode fighting with each other, bury the hatchet to save Bubbles.
** Also, TheMovie, which had the girls becoming pariahs for their role in not only trashing Townsville but helping Mojo Jojo take over with an army of apes. The girls serve a self-imposed exile on an asteroid till they hear the Professor being threatened. They return and kick monkey tuchus.
** "Not So Awesome Blossom" has our redheaded heroine in a state of shellshock through the episode as she is incapable of having anything go right for her. But she steps up and hits it out of the park at Mojo Jojo's lair when Mojo has Blossom's sisters and the Professor in dire straits.
* ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' sees washed-up sailor Cap'n K'nuckles beating up a crew of pirates three at a time in "One Hundred Percensus": [[BookDumb "I can't count to four,]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner but I can count to three."]]
* ''TheMightyHeroes'' seem like ineffectual stumblebums in the first half of an episode, but once they escape the DeathTrap and regroup, they are ''unstoppable''!
* In ''StarWarsCloneWars'', Yoda spends most of the time offscreen in the Jedi Temple. When the Separatist invasion of Coruscant begins, he heads to the front lines and starts forcepushing colossal troop carriers.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'', Walter "Doc" Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that [[MinoredInAssKicking he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"]] This came up again when he was back on Tarkon and took down the show's nastiest villain ''singlehandedly'' using stuff he picked up in "charm school."
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this trope in WesternAnimation/DuckTales. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to protect the nephews), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
* Scooby in ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc'' is the same loveable dog as in all canons. However, when a MonsterOfTheWeek actually tried to kill the gang for real, [[spoiler: he [[ForkliftFu pilots a forklift]] and beats the living crap out of it before dispatching it with one of the most BadAss lines ever uttered]]:
-->'''Scooby Doo''': ''Play dead.''
** For reference, said MonsterOfTheWeek withstood concentrated fire from police with no effect, that's how BadAss Scooby gets when he has to.
* Ickis from ''AaahhRealMonsters''' had [[MrViceGuy a lot of flaws]]: ParentalIssues with [[TheAce his famous father]], incredible [[{{Pride}} arrogance]] coupled with crippling insecurity, a tendency to [[TheSlacker slack off with his scaring]] and panic when that inevitably came back to bite him... Yet whenever put into the position where he was the only one who could face a crisis, he could pull off some amazing BigDamnHero moments.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** [[TheSmartGuy Twilight Sparkle]] is pretty frequently the butt of jokes and the entire plot of the show so far has been her learning social skills. Just don't threaten her, her friends, or her town, lest she remind you that she is the magical prodigy student of a solar [[GodEmperor god-empress]].
** Doubly so Fluttershy -- usually timid as anything, and unable to stand up for herself, but threatening ''others'' can make her angry enough to forget herself and suddenly have enough attitude for a grade-A BadAss, as well as a DeathGlare powerful enough to cow fully-grown dragons and win staring contests with ''[[EvilEye cockatrices]]''.
*** While normally a weak flyer, Fluttershy can also [[ImprobablePilotingSkills fly well enough to keep up with]] [[LightningBruiser Rainbow Dash]] when her friends are in danger.
*** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].
** Pinkie Pie provides a more mundane example. When she realizes she hasn't been particularly responsible caring for the twins she's babysitting, she becomes far more serious and strict. It lasts about as long as it takes the pegasus foal to realize he can fly and the unicorn foal to start using her magic.
*** In an earlier episode, "Griffon The Brush Off," Pinkie doesn't take Gilda seriously no matter how much she tries to tell her to "buzz off," only telling herself that she's jealous of her (despite the latter in fact being a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffon's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Clothing]]) and that Gilda just needs to improve her attitude. But when she sees Gilda blowing a gasket at [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]...
---> '''Pinkie:''' She's a grump, ''and'' a thief, ''and'' a bully! [[JerkAss The meanest kind of mean meanie-pants there is.]] I can take it, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards no one treats Fluttershy like that.]] ''[[MoralEventHorizon No. One.]]'' This calls for extreme measures - ''Pinkie Pie style!''
*** Pinkie Pie's "Pinkie Sense" is mostly used on the show to predict falling objects for [[AnvilOnHead slapstick purposes]]. Then she uses it to save the lives of at least four ponies in a horrific construction site accident.
** When he sees his beloved Rarity being kidnapped by the Diamond Dogs, "Little Spiky Wikey" just outright starts beating them up. He loses, sadly, but puts up a good fight. Not to be outdone, [[spoiler:Rarity manages to [[PityTheKidnapper inconvenience the Diamond Dogs with wit and whining]].]]
** In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:the entire team successfully fights off ''dozens'' of monsters. Dozens. Pinkie Pie ''weaponizes'' [[ContinuityNod her Party Cannon]], and Rarity ''slaps'' some into submission with a grin on her face. Even Fluttershy manages to trick a few. Problem is, the BigBad has ''thousands'' of {{mook}}s to spare. It is still the second legitimate action sequence on the show, and demonstrates that the team is quite capable even without the Elements of Harmony.]] And then to top it all off, [[spoiler: Shining Armor and the real Princess Cadence use ThePowerOfLove to defeat [[VileVillainSaccharineShow the villain]].]]
* Isabella from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is already competent as is, but the kid's gloves come off if Phineas is in danger of being hurt.
** [[spoiler:''All'' of Phineas and Ferb's friends and inventions get to do this during the climactic battle in TheMovie.]]
* For the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Soundwave kept away from the front lines; the only fight he got into was with the kid sidekicks of the Autobots (his drone also fought a single Helicopter once). In the finale [[spoiler: [[DarkActionGirl Airachnid]] tries to [[TheStarscream convince the Decepticons to abandon Earth, and Megatron]]. Soundwave effortlessly tosses her around, forcing her to abandon her mutiny.]] No wonder Starscream wanted to stay on his good side.
** [[spoiler: He's since dethroned Wheeljack as Most Badass Character in the show by kicking the everloving slag out of him. Soundwave Superior, indeed.]]
* TheFairlyOddparents: When the usually idiotic Cosmo finds his wife and godchild in danger, he gets serious to the point of becoming '''GODZILLA'''.
** Poof qualifies as well, in the episode "Poulter-Geeks". Like father, like son, apparently.
* ''{{Family Guy}}'': When Quagmire plots to kill Jeff, Joe refuses to go through with it, since it would be murder. But once he hears Jeff abusing Brenda next door, Joe responds with this... Let's waste this dick.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Ben Tennyson]], quite often in all series; most of the time, he is a rather bumbling, narcissic person who seems unable to operate the Omnitrix right. But try to [[BerserkButton kill, hurt or threaten any innocent or people close to him when he is here]], and he can deliver quite amazing performances. Some of the most famous exemples includes delivering a quite creepy MookHorrorShow to [[MonsterClown Zombo]][[HumanoidAbomination zo]], delivering an UnstoppableRage on [[FallenHero Captain Nemesis]], getting an entire army of [[KnightTemplar Forever Knights]] to leave with a single BadassBoast, and the list goes on.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' will very often swing around into this trope, due to his status as the ButtMonkey, despite being the main character of the show. However, when push comes to shove, he will face off against any threat that comes his way. In fact, he once took on a [[{{Gonk}} rather hideous]] EvilKnockoff of himself that threatened him and [[{{Sadist}} pushed him around repeatedly]] while he was experiencing a streak of bad luck.
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* ''BugsBunny'': "Of course you realize... ThisMeansWar!"
* [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy Dog]]: ''(deadpan like always)'' "You know what? [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry That makes me mad]]!"
* Parodied as a NoodleIncident in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love," where Mr. Burns and his team try to subdue the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. When all else fails, Mr. Burns himself approaches the monster with a stern look in his face. The scene then unexpectedly cuts to Burns' helicopter in the air, with the monster tied up and swinging below. Mr. Burns explains to his admiring team:
--> '''Burns:''' I was a little worried when he swallowed me, but then, well, you know the rest.
* The character of Uncle, from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', seems like an eccentric weirdo who's too old to fight effectively, but when he wears the Dog Talisman, an artifact that gives its user the strength of youth, he shows off his martial arts skills by pulverizing a specially hired assassin who beat Jackie to within an inch of his life.
** Jackie himself would prefer to live quietly and spends most of every episode running away. Then you threaten his family (or the world) and he starts handing you your ass. [[CatchPhrase Bad day. Bad day. Bad day.]]
* In ''[[HulkVs Hulk vs Wolverine]]'', after Logan gets a supreme ass kicking by the big green guy himself, he [[GoodThingYouCanHeal wakes up a few seconds later]] and goes "ok bub, lets try that again" and proceeds to own. This is actually embarrassing considering the other film has Thor getting pounded into oblivion. Course [[PopularityPower the son of Odin isn't to blame for lack of skill]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes goofy, silly Beast Boy]] would occasionally get pissed off and remind both villains and viewers that he was capable of turning into any animal alive ''or that had ever lived''. In one episode, he thoroughly thrashed Slade [[spoiler:or rather a roboSlade, though the two were usually interchangeable]] despite the fact that this was someone who regularly whooped the team's designated {{badass}}, Robin.
** This is especially evident in "Titans Together", where the Titans, both organised and honourary, have been decimated, and it's up to Beast Boy to lead the handful that remain against the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brotherhood of Evil]].
-->'''Brain:''' ''(to Robin)'' You will fall, one by one. Who among you can possibly stop me now?\\
''(cut to Beast Boy, surrounded by the destroyed parts of the robot drones sent to capture him)''\\
'''Beast Boy:''' Now try and follow me.\\
''(presses a button, [[Awesome/TeenTitans blowing up his ship and everything around it]])''
* Happens with Flash in ''[[JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. Twice. The first time has him destroying his [[EvilTwin robot double]] by punching through its chest and then making it ''explode'' by vibrating his arm super-fast, and ''then'' [[spoiler:taking down a Brainiac/Lex Luthor fusion by drive-by getting a run up for each punch so quickly he travels around the world (multiple times) and then PUNCHES EVERY MOLECULE OF BRAINIAC OUT OF LUTHOR while he screams in agony]]. The second time comes in the next season, when [[FreakyFridayFlip his mind has been swapped with Lex Luthor]], who does the vibration trick on some walls and threatens to do the same to someone's head. (Flash doesn't make a habit of this due to the property damage it tends to cause, thus proving that despite appearances, he is more conscientious than pretty much the rest of the Justice League.)
** Actually, that was Luthor demonstrating the potential misusage of Flash's powers, during which he failed to acquire any secrets of the JLU, seriously harm any members, or even ascertain the Flash's secret identity. Flash's actual moment of Getting Dangerous would be when he sabotaged Luthor's plans for the robbery of the century, kept any innocent bystanders from getting killed... and to top it off, thoroughly cuckolded the completely oblivious Luthor with Tala, to the point that the only one unhappy with the mutual restoration was Tala herself.
--->'''Tala:''' Is that you, Lex?\\
'''Luthor:''' Of course it's me, you idiot.\\
'''Tala:''' ...Oh.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Broadway and Lexington were typically the comic relief and the SmartGuy in most plots, respectively. But every once in awhile, they'd be pushed a little too far, and remind their enemies (and the audience) that they were full-fledged warriors that could bend steel and break through concrete with their bare hands.
** Especially if you try to [[BerserkButton pull a gun]] on Broadway.
-->"What's this?! A new type of gun?! A NEW WAY TO KILL?!" *[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Thrashes the villains]]*
* At the very end of the real last episode/movie for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Ron]] steps it up and masters his [[IKnowKarate Monkey Kung Fu]] in time to completely destroy the aliens and save Kim.
* ''{{Metalocalypse}}'''s Charles Foster Ofdensen, Dethklok's mild-mannered manager/lawyer/accountant. Hints are given throughout the first season that Ofdensen is more than what he seems, but we don't see this full until the finale, which manages to be Crowning Moments of both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesomeWesternAnimation awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]]. A somewhat unique example, in that the villains make a point of taking his awesomeness into account in season 2 and adjusting accordingly.
* Dib of ''InvaderZim'' is an almost perpetual ButtMonkey trying to tell a CassandraTruth, but under the right circumstances he's able to unleash his inner awesome and defend the Earth like never before. Like the time he ''[[Awesome/InvaderZim piloted Mercury]]''.
** Indeed, JhonenVasquez remarks in the DVD commentary that "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" is pretty much just an excuse to show Dib's [[Awesome/InvaderZim Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] as he leads Earth's defense fleet against the Irken armada and single-handedly brings down the Massive.
*** True, it turns out it's [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream a computer simulation]]]], but it's still undeniably awesome.
* Sewer Urchin of ''TheTick'' is a semi-scatterbrained guy who talks like Rain Man and gets knocked around pretty often. However, this is because he's out of his element. In the sewers, he's BadAss to the bone, to the point where The City's sewer workers talk about him with hushed tones of awe.
-->'''Urchin''': Down here I'm considered the apotheosis of cool.
-->'''Arthur''' ''(to The Tick)'': Did he just say "apotheosis?"
* ''TransformersAnimated'' Starscream is usually a comedic figure, as exemplified by his [[spoiler:death montage, being killed over and over again by Megatron in the span of a single speech.]] However, when it comes to actual combat he is a badass, taking down Ultra Magnus, head of the Autobot Elite Guard and the entire Autobot army, ''with one shot''.
** Bumblebee and Bulkhead of the same series would also qualify for this as out of the main line-up they are the youngest and most comical of the Autobots. Particularly in the series' finale when they take on Shockwave, who is mostly owning them in the first part of the fight, until Bulkhead rushes him and floors the guy so hard that his chest smashes, his weapon is knocked away and he even has to resort to pleading for his life. And he did it ''with one punch''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' featured an inter-grade dodgeball match, with one kid staying out of it. However, when the older kids nailed a kindergartner, this mild mannered boy showed up in a serape, calling himself "El Diablo." He proceeded to take down an entire GRADE in the span of 6 seconds.
** Said kid happened to be Gus, the mild meek kid of the gang.
*** Gus also got dangerous in the movie. Soda pop > Ninja.
* Jake Long from ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has a level of [[LetsGetDangerous danger]] inversely proportional to the density of his [[JiveTurkey slang]]. If he's casually hurling trash talk and indecipherable jive, expect him to recklessly endanger himself or someone he cares about, or otherwise trip over himself. If he drops the slang [[DivideByZero altogether]], it usually means something horrible has or is about to happen, and he's ready to administer an epic beatdown to stop it.
** Jake's muggle dad gets his own such moment when he does some [[GreatBigBookOfEverything on-the-fly research]] ''in the middle of a battle against the Dark Dragon's shadow monsters'', finds the weakness of said monsters, and improvises a method of unleashing said weakness (light). The summoned creatures which had been giving the gathering of dragons all they could handle are wiped out in a matter of seconds. Jake taunts the Dark Dragon by lampshading this.
* [[BadassGrandpa Iroh]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. He gets to do this a number of times, the first being when he is kidnapped by earthbenders just before the winter solstice. He nearly manages to escape on his own, buying time for Zuko to show up. They proceed to lay the smackdown on them without even firebending (that would have been unfair). Another is at the North Pole, after Zhao destroys the Moon Spirit. Then there is the second season premiere, in which he redirects Azula's lightning and kicks her overboard just as she's about to finish off Zuko. Finally, there is the scene when Iroh demonstrates how he got the nickname "Dragon of the West." Moral of the story: do ''not'' underestimate someone who once broke through the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, no matter how harmless he may seem now.
** In episode 10 of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra sequel series]], [[spoiler: all three of Tenzin's children. [[CuteBookworm Jinora]] sent the [[TheDragon Lieutenant]] [[WorfEffect flying]], [[MotorMouth Ikki]] took out a bunch of chi-blockers with her air-scooter, and Meelo [[{{Fartillery}} gassed]] the rest of them. Oh, and they did this to protect the series' token BadAss, Lin Bei Fong.]]
** The Avatar State, depending on your POV, can be seen as this trope. Basically, when the Avatar's life or loved ones are in danger regardless of personality, meaning that even if the Avatar is as gentle as Aang, or on the opposite end as HotBlooded as Korra, their bending power increases considerably and they go into an epic state of destructive fury. So if the Avatar's eyes go solid white and you're not the guilty party, take cover - and if you are, well, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge please stick your head between your legs]] [[CurbStompBattle and kiss your ass goodbye.]]
* The TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck.
* The Toiletnator in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' pulls one of these in a rage-filled, paranoid moment against the very villains who constantly [[ButtMonkey belittle him]]. Mainly applies because he is fought seriously by most of the villains he takes down in the sequence. Unfortunately, he essentially runs out of ammo by the time the actual '''heroes''' show up.
* Ding-A-Ling Wolf, Hokey Wolf's little sidekick once bashed a robot repeatedly with a massive stick longer than he was because the robot was trying to kill Hokey.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': An S2 ep shows Griselda blocking every single attack from her students as part of Magical Defense Class, including Bloom (though to be fair, she was thinking about her phone call with Sky from earlier in the episode). Then you [[FridgeLogic get to the fridge]] and realize that she didn't have any significant role in the final battle of the previous season, when that ability would have been useful. ''[[TheMovie The Secret of the Lost Kingdom]]'' makes up for it by having her putting up a shield for Stella, Flora and Tecna during an attack from [[TheDragon Mandragora]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' does this a lot, but the best example would probably be the sketch in which Mafia-installed union reps are brutally killed... by ''BobTheBuilder'' and crew.
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Octi-Evil": Blossom and Buttercup, having spent the better part of the episode fighting with each other, bury the hatchet to save Bubbles.
** Also, TheMovie, which had the girls becoming pariahs for their role in not only trashing Townsville but helping Mojo Jojo take over with an army of apes. The girls serve a self-imposed exile on an asteroid till they hear the Professor being threatened. They return and kick monkey tuchus.
** "Not So Awesome Blossom" has our redheaded heroine in a state of shellshock through the episode as she is incapable of having anything go right for her. But she steps up and hits it out of the park at Mojo Jojo's lair when Mojo has Blossom's sisters and the Professor in dire straits.
* ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' sees washed-up sailor Cap'n K'nuckles beating up a crew of pirates three at a time in "One Hundred Percensus": [[BookDumb "I can't count to four,]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner but I can count to three."]]
* ''TheMightyHeroes'' seem like ineffectual stumblebums in the first half of an episode, but once they escape the DeathTrap and regroup, they are ''unstoppable''!
* In ''StarWarsCloneWars'', Yoda spends most of the time offscreen in the Jedi Temple. When the Separatist invasion of Coruscant begins, he heads to the front lines and starts forcepushing colossal troop carriers.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'', Walter "Doc" Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that [[MinoredInAssKicking he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"]] This came up again when he was back on Tarkon and took down the show's nastiest villain ''singlehandedly'' using stuff he picked up in "charm school."
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* Launchpad [=McQuack=] often filled out this trope in WesternAnimation/DuckTales. Sure, he was typically bumbling and accident-prone, but when necessary (especially to protect the nephews), he could pull off some amazing feats of aeronautical skill, as well as general badassness. Perhaps this is what led them to team him up with Darkwing Duck.
* Scooby in ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc'' is the same loveable dog as in all canons. However, when a MonsterOfTheWeek actually tried to kill the gang for real, [[spoiler: he [[ForkliftFu pilots a forklift]] and beats the living crap out of it before dispatching it with one of the most BadAss lines ever uttered]]:
-->'''Scooby Doo''': ''Play dead.''
** For reference, said MonsterOfTheWeek withstood concentrated fire from police with no effect, that's how BadAss Scooby gets when he has to.
* Ickis from ''AaahhRealMonsters''' had [[MrViceGuy a lot of flaws]]: ParentalIssues with [[TheAce his famous father]], incredible [[{{Pride}} arrogance]] coupled with crippling insecurity, a tendency to [[TheSlacker slack off with his scaring]] and panic when that inevitably came back to bite him... Yet whenever put into the position where he was the only one who could face a crisis, he could pull off some amazing BigDamnHero moments.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** [[TheSmartGuy Twilight Sparkle]] is pretty frequently the butt of jokes and the entire plot of the show so far has been her learning social skills. Just don't threaten her, her friends, or her town, lest she remind you that she is the magical prodigy student of a solar [[GodEmperor god-empress]].
** Doubly so Fluttershy -- usually timid as anything, and unable to stand up for herself, but threatening ''others'' can make her angry enough to forget herself and suddenly have enough attitude for a grade-A BadAss, as well as a DeathGlare powerful enough to cow fully-grown dragons and win staring contests with ''[[EvilEye cockatrices]]''.
*** While normally a weak flyer, Fluttershy can also [[ImprobablePilotingSkills fly well enough to keep up with]] [[LightningBruiser Rainbow Dash]] when her friends are in danger.
*** It's arguable whether Rainbow Dash herself falls into this trope. She spends a large amount of time in the show acting like an [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical buffoon]] and often screws things up due to her arrogance or [[TheWorfEffect as a display of power from a newcomer]]. Keep in mind however, she perfected the Sonic Rainboom, while saving Rarity and all the Wonderbolts from falling to their death at that. It's also often [[BullyHunter a bad idea to pick on Fluttershy]].
** Pinkie Pie provides a more mundane example. When she realizes she hasn't been particularly responsible caring for the twins she's babysitting, she becomes far more serious and strict. It lasts about as long as it takes the pegasus foal to realize he can fly and the unicorn foal to start using her magic.
*** In an earlier episode, "Griffon The Brush Off," Pinkie doesn't take Gilda seriously no matter how much she tries to tell her to "buzz off," only telling herself that she's jealous of her (despite the latter in fact being a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffon's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Clothing]]) and that Gilda just needs to improve her attitude. But when she sees Gilda blowing a gasket at [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]...
---> '''Pinkie:''' She's a grump, ''and'' a thief, ''and'' a bully! [[JerkAss The meanest kind of mean meanie-pants there is.]] I can take it, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards no one treats Fluttershy like that.]] ''[[MoralEventHorizon No. One.]]'' This calls for extreme measures - ''Pinkie Pie style!''
*** Pinkie Pie's "Pinkie Sense" is mostly used on the show to predict falling objects for [[AnvilOnHead slapstick purposes]]. Then she uses it to save the lives of at least four ponies in a horrific construction site accident.
** When he sees his beloved Rarity being kidnapped by the Diamond Dogs, "Little Spiky Wikey" just outright starts beating them up. He loses, sadly, but puts up a good fight. Not to be outdone, [[spoiler:Rarity manages to [[PityTheKidnapper inconvenience the Diamond Dogs with wit and whining]].]]
** In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:the entire team successfully fights off ''dozens'' of monsters. Dozens. Pinkie Pie ''weaponizes'' [[ContinuityNod her Party Cannon]], and Rarity ''slaps'' some into submission with a grin on her face. Even Fluttershy manages to trick a few. Problem is, the BigBad has ''thousands'' of {{mook}}s to spare. It is still the second legitimate action sequence on the show, and demonstrates that the team is quite capable even without the Elements of Harmony.]] And then to top it all off, [[spoiler: Shining Armor and the real Princess Cadence use ThePowerOfLove to defeat [[VileVillainSaccharineShow the villain]].]]
* Isabella from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is already competent as is, but the kid's gloves come off if Phineas is in danger of being hurt.
** [[spoiler:''All'' of Phineas and Ferb's friends and inventions get to do this during the climactic battle in TheMovie.]]
* For the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Soundwave kept away from the front lines; the only fight he got into was with the kid sidekicks of the Autobots (his drone also fought a single Helicopter once). In the finale [[spoiler: [[DarkActionGirl Airachnid]] tries to [[TheStarscream convince the Decepticons to abandon Earth, and Megatron]]. Soundwave effortlessly tosses her around, forcing her to abandon her mutiny.]] No wonder Starscream wanted to stay on his good side.
** [[spoiler: He's since dethroned Wheeljack as Most Badass Character in the show by kicking the everloving slag out of him. Soundwave Superior, indeed.]]
* TheFairlyOddparents: When the usually idiotic Cosmo finds his wife and godchild in danger, he gets serious to the point of becoming '''GODZILLA'''.
** Poof qualifies as well, in the episode "Poulter-Geeks". Like father, like son, apparently.
* ''{{Family Guy}}'': When Quagmire plots to kill Jeff, Joe refuses to go through with it, since it would be murder. But once he hears Jeff abusing Brenda next door, Joe responds with this... Let's waste this dick.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Ben Tennyson]], quite often in all series; most of the time, he is a rather bumbling, narcissic person who seems unable to operate the Omnitrix right. But try to [[BerserkButton kill, hurt or threaten any innocent or people close to him when he is here]], and he can deliver quite amazing performances. Some of the most famous exemples includes delivering a quite creepy MookHorrorShow to [[MonsterClown Zombo]][[HumanoidAbomination zo]], delivering an UnstoppableRage on [[FallenHero Captain Nemesis]], getting an entire army of [[KnightTemplar Forever Knights]] to leave with a single BadassBoast, and the list goes on.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' will very often swing around into this trope, due to his status as the ButtMonkey, despite being the main character of the show. However, when push comes to shove, he will face off against any threat that comes his way. In fact, he once took on a [[{{Gonk}} rather hideous]] EvilKnockoff of himself that threatened him and [[{{Sadist}} pushed him around repeatedly]] while he was experiencing a streak of bad luck.
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