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* '''Downplayed''': Brad is normally the OnlySaneMan, but he'll go into a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech long and brutal rant]] if [[RantInducingSlight someone calls him a bastard]].

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Brad is normally the OnlySaneMan, but he'll go into a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech long and brutal rant]] if [[RantInducingSlight someone calls him a bastard]].bastard]].
** While Brad remains as calm as ever in spite of the comments about his mother, small signs such as a slightly TwitchyEye, a furrowed brow, or more flippant manner of speaking betray the fact that he is indeed provoked by them.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's Berserk Button itself and/or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
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Bob's Berserk Button itself and/or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.ridiculous.
** Bob sees an advertisement for weightlosing/skincare. He goes to the advertiser and [[BlackComedy kills them]] [[LudicrousGibs in a violently hilarious way]].
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* '''Straight''': Brad, normally a rational and non-aggressive person, beats the crap out of someone because they insulted his mother.

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* '''Straight''': Brad, normally a rational and non-aggressive person, beats the crap out of someone because they [[YourMom insulted his mother.mother]].
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** Brad has a bad childhood memory of the incident.
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** KindnessButton

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* '''Straight''': Brad, normally the OnlySaneMan, turns violent when somebody calls him a bastard.

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* '''Straight''': Brad, normally a rational and non-aggressive person, beats the OnlySaneMan, turns violent when somebody calls him a bastard.crap out of someone because they insulted his mother.



** Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.
** HairTriggerTemper
* '''Downplayed''': Brad makes an angry face when somebody calls him a bastard, but he never resorts to violence.
* '''Justified''': Brad is a ''[[HeroicBastard literal]]'' [[HeroicBastard bastard]], and it's a sore spot for him.

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** Someone touches Brad's shoes. Brad, normally the an ExtremeDoormat, turns into goes on a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.
murderously psychotic rampage that results in the deaths of the people responsible.
** HairTriggerTemper
Brad has a HairTriggerTemper, or put another way, he has quite a few {{Berserk Button}}s and people press them frequently.
* '''Downplayed''': Brad makes an angry face when somebody is normally the OnlySaneMan, but he'll go into a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech long and brutal rant]] if [[RantInducingSlight someone calls him a bastard, but he never resorts to violence.
bastard]].
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Brad's mother was a prostitute, and it's a sore spot for him. Besides, EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas.
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Brad is a ''[[HeroicBastard literal]]'' [[HeroicBastard bastard]], and it's a sore spot for him.which is why he takes such offence to that particular insult.

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* '''Justified''':
** Brad is a ''[[HeroicBastard literal]]'' [[HeroicBastard bastard]], and it's a sore spot for him.

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* '''Justified''':
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'''Justified''': Brad is a ''[[HeroicBastard literal]]'' [[HeroicBastard bastard]], and it's a sore spot for him.



* '''Parodied''': Brad's occasionally driven to violence, even to the point of challenging someone to a chicken race once, whenever someone messes with his shoes.
** Brad is a robot with a button labelled "Berserk" on his back. Pressing it will make him angry.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Brad's occasionally driven to violence, even to the point of challenging someone to a chicken race once, whenever someone messes with his shoes.
** Brad is a robot with a button labelled labeled "Berserk" on his back. Pressing it will make him angry.
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** Brad is a robot with a button labelled "Berserk" on his back. Pressing it will make him angry.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob makes an angry face when somebody calls him a bastard.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob Brad makes an angry face when somebody calls him a bastard.bastard, but he never resorts to violence.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.
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** HairTriggerTemper
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob makes an angry face when somebody calls him a bastard.

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* '''Exaggerated''':
** Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.

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* '''Exaggerated''':
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'''Exaggerated''': Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.shoes.
* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Parodied''': Brad's occasionally driven to violence, even to the point of challenging someone to a chicken race once, whenever someone messes with his shoes.



* '''Parodied''': Brad's occasionally driven to violence, even to the point of challenging someone to a chicken race once, whenever someone messes with his shoes.
* '''Deconstructed''': Brad's reaction to his Berserk Buttons get him into deep trouble with horrifying consequences for all.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... but he has made sure NO ONE will ever make fun of his shoes again



* '''Deconstructed''': Brad's reaction to his Berserk Buttons get him into deep trouble with horrifying consequences for all.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... but he has made sure NO ONE will ever make fun of his shoes again



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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** Straw that broke the camel's back -- or a violently sensitive topic.
** Brad's shoes were custom made for him by a dear now-deceased friend just before they died, the shoes now serve as a symbol of the lost friendship.

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** Straw that broke the camel's back -- or Brad is a violently sensitive topic.
** Brad's shoes were custom made
''[[HeroicBastard literal]]'' [[HeroicBastard bastard]], and it's a sore spot for him by a dear now-deceased friend just before they died, the shoes now serve as a symbol of the lost friendship. him.
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** HairTriggerTemper
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': Bob's Berserk Button itself and/or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob's Berserk Button leads to someone getting hurt or even killed, leading to everything going to hell for him.

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's Berserk Button itself and/or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': '''Played For Drama''': Bob's Berserk Button leads to someone getting hurt or even killed, leading to everything going to hell for him.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Brad, normally the ExtremeDoormat, turns into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.

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* '''Justified''': Straw that broke the camel's back -- or a violently sensitive topic.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Straw that broke the camel's back -- or a violently sensitive topic.



* '''Inverted''': Brad being called a bastard causes him to mope.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Brad being called a bastard causes him to mope.



* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then some more jeering sends him down the deep end completely.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
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but then some more jeering sends him down the deep end completely.



* '''Exploited''': Jack, the hero, uses Bob's BerserkButton to take down the Dark Lord.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Jack, the hero, uses Bob's BerserkButton to take down the Dark Lord.

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** HairTriggerTemper



** Bob's shoes were custom made for him by a dear now-deceased friend just before they died, the shoes now serve as a symbol of the lost friendship.

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** Bob's Brad's shoes were custom made for him by a dear now-deceased friend just before they died, the shoes now serve as a symbol of the lost friendship.
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': Either Bob's Berserk Button itself or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': Either Bob's Berserk Button itself or and/or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.
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** A villain uses Bob's Berserk Button to get him in serious trouble with the authorities.

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** A villain uses Bob's Berserk Button to get him in serious trouble with the authorities.authorities or get him killed.
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** Bob's shoes were custom made for him by a dear now-deceased friend just before they died, the shoes now serve as a symbol of the lost friendship.

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Don't go back to BerserkButton, OR I WILL BREAK YOUR FACE BITCH!

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Don't go back to BerserkButton, OR I WILL BREAK YOUR FACE BITCH![[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH]]!
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* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob's Berserk Button leads to someone getting hurt or even killed, leading to everything going to hell for him.
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** A villain uses Bob's Berserk Button to get him in serious trouble with the authorities.

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** Or it just looks like he didn't snap, because he went into TranquilFury.




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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': Either Bob's Berserk Button itself or his reaction when it gets pressed is utterly ridiculous.

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* '''Exploited''': Jack, the hero, uses Bob's BerserkButton to take down the Dark Lord.



* '''Exploited''': Jack, the hero, uses Bob's BeserkButton to take down the Dark Lord.

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* '''Exploited''': Jack, the hero, uses Bob's BeserkButton to take down the Dark Lord.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Brad, normally the OnlySaneMan, turns violent when somebody messes with his shoes.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Brad, normally the OnlySaneMan, ExtremeDoormat, turns violent into a blood thirsty psycho when somebody messes with his shoes.
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* '''Exploited''': Jack, the hero, uses Bob's BeserkButton to take down the Dark Lord.
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** Brad usually has HairTriggerTemper when it comes someone talking to him unless someone calls him imbecile at which point he doesn't care.

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