History UnstoppableRage / Literature

* In ''Literature/WizardsFirstRule'', the first book of the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, when Kahlan [[spoiler: is told Richard has died, which he hasn't]], she goes into a "blood rage", killing the men who had her held down against the ground and ready to be raped without breaking a sweat.
** She doesn't just kill them...

** Decado [[CloningBlues II]] has blacked out and killed everything in sight when put under severe stress.

** Rek from ''Literature/{{Legend}}'' suffers from explicitly named [[TheBerserker berserker rage]] in combat to a degree that even makes him immune to usually game-breaking PsychicPowers.

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAlice'': Hatcher flies into these of these often. That mixed with [[AnAxeToGrind his preferred weapon]] it's how he got his name.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden tends to [[DestructiveSavior cause a lot of property damage when he's pissed off]], and has, at various points: killed an enormously-more-powerful wizard, Justin [=DuMorne=]; redirected a lightning bolt at a demon that was chasing him; thrown a werewolf all the way through two buildings; burned down a building containing hundreds of vampires because they grabbed his girlfriend; brought out all the ghosts under the building at once, collapsing it; killed several incredibly powerful demon-possessed psychos; shredded a mob of vampires with an antipersonnel mine; blasted a huge torrent of fire straight into the middle of the Winter Court of the Sidhe...well, you get the idea.

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-->[[spoiler:"You misunderstand me. I am not here to keep the darkness out. I am here to keep it in."[[note]]Yeah. He fought unstoppable rage--not "someone under rage", ''the rage itself'' as it tried to use him--and ''stopped'' it[[/note]]]].

* This trope is an inherited characteristic of the Viking-descended Barnikel lineage in Creator/EdwardRutherfurd's multi-generation historical novels. Do ''not'' anger a member of this family, whether it's by threatening to expose their role in LaResistance or abusing a puppy in front of a fifteen-year-old Barnikel boy.

* Literature/HonorHarrington goes on several during the course of the novels, usually when someone she cares about is set upon by goons. Additionally, the entire Grayson Navy goes on one [[spoiler: when Haven attacks Basilisk station again, as they believe that their most beloved Steadholder has been murdered by the Peeps. ''"Admiral Yanakov to all Grayson units," it said, and White Haven could almost hear the clangor of clashing swords in its depths. "The order is''--Lady Harrington, and no mercy!"]][[note]]This inspired a massive OhCrap on the part of Admiral White Haven, who was sure he was about to witness a massive war crime until he realised that the order was "no mercy" as opposed to "no ''quarter''." (The former means that the victors won't be picking up survivors. The latter means that the victors won't be ''[[SinkTheLifeboats allowing]]'' any.)[[/note]]

* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'', Saint Dane has a habit of confronting Bobby in order to smack him around for the hell of it. For the most part, though, he's just egging Bobby on as part of his MindScrew technique. This changes in ''Rivers of Zadaa'' when Bobby -- in the midst of being smacked around--stands up to Saint Dane and claims that the villain is [[BerserkButton getting desperate because he is losing the overall war]]. Saint Dane [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown utterly snaps]] and proceeds to ''beat the living shit'' out of Bobby, to the point where Bobby spends a month in a hospital before he can ''walk'' again.

* Mrs. Weasley shows a bit of this in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' with her famous line "NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU BITCH!" followed by the death of a certain loyal female Death Eater. That proves never to mess with one of [[MamaBear Mrs. Weasley]]'s children. (This includes Harry, who earlier in the series she outright declared was her own son in all but blood.)

** And all that pales in comparison to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Ebenezar McCoy]], [[spoiler:who in a fit of rage over a threat to someone he cares about, [[ColonyDrop yanks a old Soviet satellite out of orbit and drops it on a vampire nobleman's estate]] just to make a point. Or later, when defending his family and friends simply rips the life out of dozens of people. No fire, no explosions, he just points at them and they die]].

* In ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', Bernie Skampersky becomes "far more animal than intelligent mouse" during the climactic fight, savagely attacking BigBad Dr. Thornpaw when he admits that [[spoiler:he killed her brother]]. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't do any good]], because Thornpaw is bigger and stronger than she is.

** Sirius Black is also another one, despite being was innocent person and a escaped prisoner from Azkaban. One major example of his rage is [[NotHelpingYourCase when he slashed the Fat Lady's portrait because she refused to let him in without a password]].

* Daine, of ''Literature/TheImmortals: "I thought you were dead. I lost my temper." By way of an explanation for [[spoiler:having leveled the entire Imperial Palace with zombie dinosaur skeletons]] in book three.