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* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', the brutal KillerGorilla Rajang is also [[ItCanThink intelligent enough]] to climb straight out of Pitfall Traps should it fall into one. Once it [[TurnsRed becomes enraged]], however, it's no longer able to do this, leaving it to flail helplessly like any other monster.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', Clayton [[spoiler:gets tangled up in vines as he chases after Tarzan up in the trees. He angrily starts hacking them apart, not noticing that one of the vines is wrapping around his neck. Tarzan tries to warn him, but it's too late; the vines give way, Clayton falls ands ends up hanging himself.]]

** Vic himself does this when the turtles try to saves his hide form the Kraang, yelling at them and blaming them for getting him into this mess ([[NeverMyFault when it was his own fault to begin with]]), which leads to the Kraang once again drawing their attention to them no it soon results in Vic being transformed into Spider-Bites.

** Vic himself does this when the turtles try to saves his hide form the Kraang, yelling at them and blaming them for getting him into this mess ([[NeverMyFault when it was his own fault to begin with]]), which leads to him being transformed into Spider-Bites.

* In the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie, when the titular green Ogre overhears Fiona saying no one could love an ogre to Donkey, he assumes she meant him when she actually meant herself since she's cursed to turn into an Ogre at sunset. The next morning, a completely disgruntled Shrek arrives with Lord Farquaad and refuses to hear Fiona and Donkey out when they try to explain the situation. Had it not been for Donkey's tenacity and eventually learning about the misunderstanding, Shrek and Fiona could have led miserable lives.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'': As Widow Tweed warned him at one point, Amos Slade's bad temper gets him in hot water when his obsession with hunting Tod for inadvertently leading to Chief getting hurt nearly does him in when he makes an enemy out of a wild bear.

** Vic himself does this when the turtles try to saves his hide form the Kraang, yelling at them and blaming them for being in this mess ([[NeverMyFault when it was his own fault to begin with]]), which leads to him being transformed into Spider-Bites.

* In the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie, when the titular green Ogre overhears Fiona saying no one could love an ogre to Donkey. He assumes she meant him when she actually meant herself since she's cursed to turn into an Ogre at sunset. The next morning, a completely disgruntled Shrek arrives with Lord Farquaad and refuses to hear Fiona and Donkey out when they try to explain the situation. Had it not been for Donkey's tenacity and eventually learning about the misunderstanding, Shrek and Fiona could have led miserable lives.

* In the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', when the titular green Ogre overhears Fiona saying no one could love an ogre to Donkey. He assumes she meant him when she actually meant herself since she's cursed to turn into an Ogre at sunset. The next morning, a completely disgruntled Shrek arrives with Lord Farquaad and refuses to hear Fiona and Donkey out when they try to explain the situation. Had it not been for Donkey's tenacity and eventually learning about the misunderstanding, Shrek and Fiona could have led miserable lives.

* in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', this trope describes Anger's main negative aspect, reflecting the irrationality of angry people.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Iron Man's team has managed to restrain Thanos when they learn [[spoiler:he had sacrificed Gamora's life to obtain the Soul Stone]]. An enraged Star-Lord lashes out, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which allows Thanos to break free of Mantis's empathic powers and scuttles the team's plan to take the Infinity Gauntlet from him]]. This ended up actually being a good thing as in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', it’s revealed that Thanos was only granted a temporary victory before all of which was undone.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Iron Man's team has managed to restrain Thanos when they learn [[spoiler:he had sacrificed Gamora's life to obtain the Soul Stone]]. An enraged Star-Lord lashes out, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which allows Thanos to break free of Mantis's empathic powers and scuttles the team's plan to take the Infinity Gauntlet from him]].

* This a recurring problem for the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' Chip Whistler. Whenever Cricket or the Greens get the best of him, his impulsiveness and rage get the best of him and he ends up making things worse for himself.

* Anger appears to somewhat lessen inhibitions and mess with people's higher cognitive functions such as the ability to reason, although the reverse is true as well. Just ask any psychology student about Phineas Gage, the railroad worker who survived having a beam shot through his head. The beam damaged his prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain responsible for impulse control and decision-making) causing a supposedly drastic personality change that turned Gage into an alcoholic short-tempered gambler (although some scholars debate whether or not he may have possessed some of these characteristics even before said incident).

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': After Cell pushes Gohan into an UnstoppableRage for the sake of [[EmotionalPowers unleashing his hidden power]] and getting a WorthyOpponent, he [[GoneHorriblyRight gets his]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wish]]; Gohan ascends to Super Saiyan 2 and beats Cell to a pulp, but when he has the chance to end it, he refuses despite Goku [[KillHimAlready screaming at him to finish it before Cell gets desperate]] purely because he felt Cell [[ColdBloodedTorture hadn't suffered enough for his crimes]]. This bites him in the ass ''big time'' when Cell is driven to a VillainousBreakdown and tries to blow up the Earth, forcing Goku to sacrifice himself to save the world. On top of it all, Cell is able to regenerate FromASingleCell and return [[CameBackStrong stronger than ever]] thanks to his Saiyan genes, and Gohan [[ItsAllMyFault knows he has only himself to blame for it all]].

* There are a number of examples in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':
** In the episode [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E23DirtyObjects ''Dirty Objects'']] James gets so angered by Toby's burn against him that he bumps the trucks and ends up forgetting that they need to stop on Gordon's Hill giving the trucks a chance to [[RunawayTrain get revenge.]]
** In [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E24OffTheRails ''Off The Rails'']], Gordon gets so angry over the fact that he has to take a special train of trucks that he attempts to jam the turntable only to find himself unable to stop and lands in a ditch.

* During the ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', this is what lead the definite FaceHeelTurn (closer to a FaceMonsterTurn actually) to ComicBook/SuperboyPrime. His foolish actions during the CrisisCrossover cause great damage to the entire story and lead to his final Heel turn. A good example of this is when the ComicBook/TeenTitans tried to save ComicBook/{{Superboy}} from his beatdown, murdering every member that tried to get away from him with no intention to kill them at first.

* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' : When the Big Bad [[spoiler:[[WreckedWeapon breaks]] [[TalkingWeapon Caliburn]] Sonic loses his cool and unleashes what, in any other context, would be an Unstoppable Rage on his opponent]]. Unfortunately, he's hopelessly outmatched so all he gets for his trouble is a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown. Yet he keeps getting up and trying again, even as his allies beg him to stop. Ultimately subverted in that, after getting beaten within an inch of his life, Sonic is able to channel his rage into the more constructive HeroicResolve. Which proves to be the key to rekindling Excalibur's lost light: [[spoiler:[[CameBackStrong Restoring Caliburn in his true form as the legendary sword]] and granting Sonic a GoldenSuperMode to level the playing field]].

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'': Envy, while trying to negotiate a truce with Edward and Ling, [[BerserkButton unthinkingly calls the former "pipsqueak"]]. Ed attacks Envy [[spoiler:which leads to all three of them being sucked into Gluttony's BlackHoleBelly]].

* ''Film/{{Descendants}} 3'' has Mal thinking of closing the island off for good, trapping people there, to protect Auradon. After she and her friends team up to defeat Audry, the truth comes out. Celia, who wanted to be able to visit her father Dr. Facillier, got so angry she threw Hades' Ember into the water, destroying it, and leaving herself and the others defenseless.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': While King Triton is a wise, respectful, and fair ruler, his [[HairTriggerTemper temper]] gets the best of him big-time when he finds out that Ariel has fallen in love with a human; determined to "get through to her" and turn her over to [[FantasticRacism his views of humans]], Triton destroys Ariel's collection of human artifacts right in front of her in a fit of rage. It's only after Ariel is reduced to tears by the result that Triton calms down and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes what he's done]], only able to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/3/31/Little-mermaid-1080p-disneyscreencaps.com-4244.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20191215212323 look on in horror and remorse]] before leaving the grotto in shame.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': The episode "Turtle Temper" has Raph's HairTriggerTemper quickly turn him into TheLoad. He flies off the handle after being insulted by [[FatBastard Vic]], which leads to them drawing the Kraang's attention and Vic capturing the resulting fight on video. Later, when Vic decides to blackmail the Turtles into handing over the video, Raph snaps, draws the Kraang's attention once more, and then ditches his brothers in the middle of the fight to keep arguing with Vic, leading to the Kraang capturing the latter. At this point, Leo has had enough and forces Raph to go home.