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Anger Born of Worry (trope)

"Being a parent is wanting to hug and strangle your kid at the same time."
Calvin's Dad, Calvin and Hobbes

A lot of things make people angry. Minor insults. Their own reflection. Awful jobs. This trope is when a character is angry because some fool they love put themselves in danger.

It's the caring that really makes the trope. The most common variation is that they embrace the person they thought was in danger into their arms and tell them they're glad they're safe, followed by them saying something to the effect of "Don't you ever do that to me again!". This is seen from any kind of loved one, from a Best Friend, especially sidekicks giving a What the Hell, Hero? speech, someone's One True Love terrified of a Heroic Sacrifice, or parents when their children return from whatever world-saving adventure they've been on.

Related to How Dare You Die on Me!, except it's milder, as in, "how dare you put yourself in so much danger." May also involve a Slap-Slap-Kiss or lead to Calling Out for Not Calling. Contrast Tearful Smile, which occurs when Alice is still distraught even when she's happy. Good odds for a Punchy Love-type to be this if they are far enough on the "punchy" side. Compare I Have Just One Thing to Say, Familial Chiding, and Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving.

Given the nature of this trope, this may (or may not) involve the "Anger Is Healthy" Aesop.


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    Comic Books 
  • Death & the Family: Supergirl gets angry when she finds out her surrogate aunt Lana Lang has been hiding her sickness from her for one year.
    Supergirl: (thinking) Thara— Flamebird— revealed to me that something was wrong with Lana. Lana was sick. And she had been keeping it from me.
    Lana Lang: Honey, I understand you're angry—
    Supergirl: You're damn right I'm angry, Lana! What were you thinking?!
  • Invader Zim: The comics have Gaz's tense relationship towards Dib become this as part of Adaptational Nice Guy; her regular anger and annoyance towards Dib is no longer from seemingly disliking her brother, but rather disappointment that he's wasting his life obsessing over Zim, who she thinks is an incompetent egomaniac doomed to Failure Is the Only Option and thus isn't worth dealing with.
  • Runaways: During Secret Invasion (2008), the Runaways got stranded in New York City at the very moment that the Skrulls were gathering for their final push against Earth's superheroes, and Xavin, being an apostate, and thus a very high-value target for the fanatical Skrulls, tried to abandon the team, including their fiancee Karolina, in the hopes that the Skrulls would rather chase after an apostate than waste a bunch of Earthlings. After the team caught up to Xavin, Karolina gave them an earful.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics): This was Princess Sally's reason for dumping Sonic. He had just returned from a lengthy absence, during which he had been presumed dead, and yet he now continued risking his life at the drop of a hat. The fear of potentially having to mourn him a second time was more than she could stand.

    Comic Strips 
  • Crabgrass: when Miles and Kevin get lost in the woods and are finally found, Miles' mother goes back and forth between being so relieved that he isn't hurt, to being so angry with him, she yells at him to never do that again, and grounds him until further notice.

    Films — Animation 
  • Big Hero 6:
    • The first thing Tadashi does when he rescues Hiro from some thugs is to ask if he is all right before chewing him out for getting in trouble.
      Tadashi: Are you okay?
      Hiro: Yeah, I'm fine.
      Tadashi: (hits Hiro in the shoulder) Then what were you thinking?
    • After having to bail Hiro and Tadashi out of prison in the beginning, Aunt Cass swings between ranting at them about how worried she was and eating comfort food from her café.
  • Kenai from Brother Bear 2 chews out Koda for running off to a dangerous mountain. Koda replies that he was just scared that Kenai would abandon him for Nita, calming Kenai down as he reassures him that he would never abandon Koda.
  • In Frozen II, both Princess Anna and Queen Elsa express this towards each other after Anna almost suffocates during the encounter with the enchanted flames.
    Elsa: Anna, you can't just follow me into fire!
    Anna: If you don't want me to follow you into fire, then don't run into fire!
  • In the original How to Train Your Dragon film, after Hiccup Haddock III recovers from the final battle with the Red Death, Astrid Hofferson punches him, saying, "That's for scaring me!" She then kisses him, clearly grateful that he was alive and well.
  • In The Iron Giant, after Hogarth Hughes' first encounter with the Giant, his mother Annie finds him after coming home to a blackout and not finding him anywhere in their house, so she's naturally a bit peeved at him.
    Annie: What do you think you're doing? Don't you know better than to wander off at night alone?! What if something happened to you?!
    Hogarth: I'm sorry, Mom...
    Annie: (sighs and calms down) Don't you ever do that to me again, Hogarth. (hugs him) I was so scared. I thought I'd lost you.
  • Lilo & Stitch (2002): Because of the deaths of their parents, Nani Pelekai gets all stressed whenever her younger sister Lilo gets all troublesome.
  • The Lion King:
    • In the original 1994 film, Mufasa ripped into Simba for leading Nala into the Elephant Graveyard despite his explicit warning never to go there. He ends up teaching Simba a lesson about the real meaning of bravery.
      Mufasa: Simba, I'm very disappointed in you.
      Simba: I know...
      Mufasa: You could've been killed. You've deliberately disobeyed me, and what's worse, you put Nala in danger!
      Simba: I was just trying to be brave like you.
      Mufasa: I'm only brave when I have to be. Simba, being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble.
    • Simba continues the trend in the sequel Simba's Pride after Kiara pulls a similar stunt and goes into the outlands.
      Simba: Kiara, what were you thinking? You could've been killed today!
      Kiara: But daddy, I didn’t mean to disobey!
      Simba: I'm telling you this because I love you. I don't wanna lose you.
      Kiara: I know.
      Simba: If something happened to you, I don't know what I'd do.
  • The Little Mermaid (1989):
    • King Triton's arguments with Princess Ariel over her interest in humans are based in fear for her safety, because he sees humans as fish-eating barbarians (and in the prequel, we learn that humans killed Ariel's mother). Eventually this leads to his destroying all of his daughter's human-related items, with horrible results.
    • When Prince Eric's manservant Grimsby finds the former miraculously alive after the shipwreck, he scolds him with "You really delight in these sadistic strains on my blood pressure, don't you?"
  • Migration: Mack explodes at Dax over his interference in an attempt to rescue the flock of domesticated ducks despite the boy's success, entirely due to him losing several flight feathers and coming a second or so away from being killed in the process.
  • In Monsters, Inc. 1, when James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Mike Wazowski find Boo after she ran away in the office building and they presumed she got killed in a garbage masher, Sulley reveals his parental instinct toward her by sternly saying "Don't you EVER run away from me again, young lady!" Then he hugs her and adds "But I'm so glad you're safe...!"
  • In Turning Red, not only is Ming Lee scared of losing her doting daughter Mei's affection, but she fears Mei may lose control of her panda spirit. Ming goes absolutely ballistic when Mei openly defies her family's wishes in sealing the spirit away, believing her "perfect daughter" is throwing her life and future away.

    Films — Live-Action 
  • At Midnight (2023): When Sophie goes missing for an entire day (due to going on a secret date with Alejandro) Chris is fuming at the mouth upon finding her since he cares for her both as a friend and as a manager, which puts him in the delicate position of either calling the police and making a huge scandal (thus bringing her bad press) or just doing nothing and potentially leaving her in danger.
  • In The Dark Knight, Jim Gordon pretends to be dead in order to capture the Joker and doesn't inform his family of this plan. Upon seeing her "dead" husband on the front porch, his wife immediately slaps him across the face, then starts sobbing and hugs him.
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: When Elliott returns after being missing for one night, his mother's first reaction is shouting at him but she quickly regains a motherly attitude.
  • Downplayed in The Fly (1986). Upon returning to Seth's loft/laboratory from a confrontation with her ex-lover, Veronica learns that while she was out her Seth decided to become Professor Guinea Pig by sending himself through his own teleportation device. Only a few hours earlier he'd finally managed to send a living creature (a baboon) through without destroying it, and explained to her that he didn't intend to go further with his experiments until it was tested by others to make sure nothing had gone wrong — but he thought upon her leaving that she was cuckolding him, and he got drunk and decided to jump ahead. She scolds him with "You could have killed yourself!" but the conversation quickly turns to her assuring him that he has no need to be jealous. She even points out that she missed what he intended as the Grand Finale of his work, but no worries, he videotaped it for her. What neither of them knows yet is that in a sense Seth has killed himself, since he unknowingly genetically fused himself with a housefly that was in the telepod with him when he went through, and a Slow Transformation is underway...
  • In stark contrast to his usual serene temperament, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has Dumbledore roughly grab Harry and demand the truth after his name appears in the Goblet of Fire.
  • In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Thorin furiously yells at Bilbo after the latter had put himself in danger to protect Thorin from Azog and his mooks. After listing all his potential failings and reasons why Bilbo doesn't belong with the company, Thorin then pulls Bilbo into a hug and declares "I've never been so wrong in all my life."
  • Katniss yells at Peeta in The Hunger Games after hearing a cannon and thinking he's been killed. Played up for maximum ship teasing.
  • In Disney's The Kid Russ explains to young Rusty that his father yelled at him and told him he was killing his mother not because he really believes Rusty to be responsible, but because he's just scared—scared for his wife, scared about the prospect of having to raise him alone—and that he was expressing it badly.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: After Aragorn is believed to be dead and makes it safely to Helms Deep, Gimli pushes past the crowd of Rohan people, all the while furiously exclaiming that he is going to kill Aragorn. But the second he sees Aragorn, his anger simply melts into relief and he happily proclaims he's glad to see that Aragorn was all right before grabbing him in a Man Hug.
  • In Madame Web (2024), Cassie's blowing up at the girls in the taxi after escaping from the diner is clearly driven by this, even having a moment of visible regret immediately afterwards where she visibly regrets her words.
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe:
    • In Thor, Odin gets furious at Thor when he foolishly goes to Jotunheim to pick a fight with the Frost Giants which nearly gets him, his brother, and his friends killed. This leads to Thor getting stripped of his powers and banished from Asgard to teach him some humility and wisdom on Midgard.
    • Thor: The Dark World: Thor calls Loki a fool for not following along their plan after he gets seemingly fatally stabbed by Kurse.
    • In Spider-Man: Homecoming (and in general), Tony Stark verbally chastises Peter Parker and even confiscates his Iron Spider suit for recklessly putting himself and others in harm's way. This is symbolic of the father figure relationship that Tony begins to develop with Peter, making it even more devastating when Peter gets snapped away at the end of Avengers: Infinity War.
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: To get close to the submarine containing one part of an important key, Ethan sends a message to the USS Ohio, then jumps into the frigid ocean above its current location, expecting to be rescued. He is, but the captain asks what he thought would happen if the submarine hadn't received his message, and had divers waiting to pick him up.
  • Mission to Mars provided a real winner when Phil, the designated Deadpan Snarker astronaut, as he is about to tearfully follow orders and abandon the rest of the team when time runs out and launch for Earth is interrupted by the team regaining radio contact with him. Breaking down into tears, Phil nevertheless snarks over the radio, "Phil isn't here right now. He left for Earth FIVE MINUTES AGO! Please leave a message after the beep!" before coming completely unglued in relief.
  • Now and Then: Chrissy when Roberta had thought it would be a good prank to pretend she'd been killed jumping into a river. Touching as Chrissy only gets the punch in because she's bending over Roberta as the only one of the three girls who was prepared to give rescue breaths.
  • The Room (2003) has Danny nearly getting hurt and/or killed by a drug dealer after failing to get him the money that was owed. Claudette, who is a mother figure to Danny, scolds him heavily for making her worry.
  • Scarface (1983): Happens when Tony's mother tells him to go to Gina's house to find out what is going on, since she knows Gina is being secretive and she believes that Tony is responsible for this behavior. After getting so angry at Tony that she forgets how to speak English and starts yelling at him in Spanish, Tony's mother is seen crying in the doorway.
  • Likely the case with the unnamed mother in the "Niagara Falls" sequence in Superman II. After Supes rescues the little boy from the falls, he's returned to his mom, who angrily reads the riot act to the kid as they walk off.
  • In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sarah chastises John for risking himself to rescue her from the mental institution.
  • The Thing Called Love: When Kyle tries hanging off a freight train, and then falls from the track onto the ground, Billy and Linda Lou treat it like it's no big deal, but Miranda, who has feelings for him, starts yelling at Kyle and storms off.

    Magazines 
  • MAD: One The Lighter Side of... strip opens with a mother worried sick about her teenage daughter, who still isn't home past curfew. She even gets on her knees and prays to God to bring her daughter home safe and sound, promising that she'll be the best mother she can be if her prayer is answered. Then, when her daughter finally does come home, the first thing she says is, "Do you have any idea what time it is, you rotten little kid?! I could murder you!"

    Manhua 
  • My Beloved Mother has the scene where Milan, the robot caretaker to the Raised by Robots protagonist Sinbell, slapping him in a quick fit of anger after Sinbell runs away from home for days due to looking for his "real" mother. This is Milan's first outburst in years, and she quickly regrets it when Sinbell verbally lashes out by telling her he never wants a robot for a mother.

    Podcasts 

    Puppet Shows 
  • In Terrahawks, the episode "Mind Monster" ends with Tiger trapping the eponymous monster by allowing it to invade his brain and then having it wiped out, risking permanent brain damage in the process. Mary has a few choice words for him on the subject:
    Mary: Tiger...what you did was a marvellous, brave, foolhardy, pigheaded, stupid thing to do!
  • In Thunderbirds, in the episode "Atlantic Inferno", Jeff Tracy is outraged when Scott orders International Rescue to deal with a fire jet on the ocean bed, since no lives were immediately in danger from this situation. He yells at his son that International Rescue is "not just a lot of machinery for putting out fires" and that they should not waste time dealing with "chances". When questioned by Lady Penelope, he confesses he isn't really angry with his son - he's just worried in case anything goes wrong for his organisation.

    Religion 
  • The Four Gospels: In the Gospel according to Luke, 12-year old Jesus gets lost when the family is returning from Passover in Jerusalem. Mary and Joseph are frantic (this is their and GOD'S SON they were supposed to keep an eye on!), and they return to Jerusalem to search for Him. When they find Jesus safe in the temple, Mary's worry (like any mother's) turns to anger: "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You."

    Theatre 
  • Into the Woods: Most of Jack's interactions with his Mother are a cross between this and My Beloved Smother. Less so in the Movie.

    Visual Novels 
  • Collar × Malice:
    • In Okazaki's route, Ichika becomes furious with him when she realizes how little Okazaki thinks of his life and how he wants to die protecting her without taking her feelings into consideration.
      • Later in his route, it's switched around as Okazaki becomes quietly angry at Ichika when she protects him via Taking the Bullet and ends up in the hospital, though he calms down and asks her to not do something like that again.
    • In Yanagi's route, Yanagi loses his composure and punches Okazaki after the latter nearly dies saving Yanagi and Ichika and was delighted about almost dying. Yanagi tells Okazaki to never sacrifice themselves like that again or else Yanagi would kill him himself. Okazaki is stunned but promises to not do it again.
  • Doki Doki Literature Club!: Monika, the president of the Literature Club, recalls an incident when Yuri smuggled a small bottle of wine and offered it to her clubmates, and then Sayori, the vice president, scolded Yuri for this and made her more withdrawn. Given Sayori's general character, one could safely say that Sayori yelled at Yuri because she didn't want her to get in trouble, but overreacted.
  • Paper Perjury: After the events of case 5, the danger that little Fie got into note  during them terrifies her parents into grounding her "forever". After a talk with the police involved with the case, Fie's parents calm down and lessen her grounding to a month.
  • In Piofiore: Fated Memories, in Dante's route, there are two times when Dante becomes very angry at Lili. The first was when Lili attempts to escape from the Falzone Manor from the second floor window, only for her rope to rip and if Dante hadn't been there to catch her, she could have been injured. The second time was when she leaves the Manor against Dante's orders to visit the church, only to encounter Yang and the Lao-Shu and things could have become ugly for her if Dante hadn't arrived. Dante was furious that Lili ignored his orders and underestimated the danger she was in.
  • Tyrna spends a lot of Sword Daughter in various forms of danger, and Gavin spends a lot of his time yelling at her about it, contributing significantly to their general dynamic of Belligerent Sexual Tension.
  • In VA-11 HALL-A, Stella slaps Sei for making the former worry so much for the latter's safety due to Sei disappearing for a few days after the bank bombing.
  • In Zero Time Dilemma, Akane constantly implores Junpei to be more compassionate (as he will unhesitatingly murder others to preserve their own lives). Then Junpei makes a Heroic Sacrifice that involves his body dying and his consciousness shifting over to another timeline. Akane tearfully explains to him that that was not what she meant.
    Akane: Being the sole survivor does not make me happy!

    Web Animation 
  • The Academy of Magic: When Jake is injured in an escape from the royal dungeons, Asher is waiting right outside when he wakes up. Asher is annoyed with Jake, because getting injured on missions seems to be a pattern for him.
    ‘’’Asher’’’: Quit! Getting! Hurt! And! Making! Us! Worry!
  • In episode 6 of Helluva Boss, after saving the members of I.M.P, Stolas first asks if everyone's okay (specifically Blitzo), then starts yelling at them for being so reckless.
    Blitzo: Stolas? Wha-hold on, how did you know that we needed help?
    Stolas: I have my ways, darling. Are you all right?
    Blitzo: Ugh, I’m fine, Stolas.
    Stolas: Mm, good. (Beat) HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET CAUGHT BY HUMANS?! Are you little creatures not being careful up here? You know, it you get in trouble, I get in trouble! We don’t want that!
  • Jake of Magical Border Patrol is often guilty of this, fretting over the safety of his far more rash and far less experienced teammates, Pepper and Sarah.
  • In MGT School, an episode had Akira obsessed over a theme. Nana is worried that Akira won't enjoy other themes, so she tells Akira off for it. She apologizes after Akira confronts her about it.
  • Sgt Ducky: On his 14th birthday, Ducky shared a whole bottle of vodka with his girlfriend and a male friend who stole the vodka in the first place. When Ducky's angry brother found him later that night, Ducky was outside a fast food place with his jeans unzipped and completely disoriented from the alcohol. His brother furiously interrogated him on where he got the alcohol from and where he was for the past few hours.
  • in Wolf Song: The Movie, Lightning has to reprimand a barely conscious Kara after rescuing her from momentary capture

    Web Comics 
  • In Archipelago Paolin does care lots about Credenza. The symptoms of this, when they're reunited after Credenza running off on an adventure (and never even writing!) are yelling, Sand in My Eyes, refusal of a Cooldown Hug (denied) and
    Paolin: That's it! You're grounded! Everyone's grounded!
    • Raven, while still learning his way around emotions, doesn't really know how to express care. He's also rather stressed. This results in yelling at Blitz and Credenza.
    • In the sequel, Paollo and Zatachi have a major falling out when Paollo insists on doing something dangerous (again...) and Zatachi is still freaked out after the last time.
  • Dr. Frost: A mild example is Seonga being annoyed at Frost after he gets his hand cut open while trying to stop an actor from accidentally slashing his throat.
  • Sar'nel of Drowtales is Post Time Skip the officer of a squad with Ariel, Faen, Kau, and Shala. He is at almost all times annoyed by Shala, who keeps making mistakes and general screw-ups. Faen points out his constant state of annoyance is because he cares about her and the girl just keeps on screwing up.
  • El Goonish Shive: The first panel of this strip, in which Mr. Verres expresses his feelings after the kids get back from defeating Damien.
  • In Faux Pas, Penny returns after they feared she'd been eaten to a hug and a scolding.
  • Girl Genius:
    • Early on the Baron calls out his son Gil for a foolish and risky move, mostly out of concern for his safety.
    • When Tarvek nearly gets himself shot Gil shoves him to the floor while yelling at him and calling off the troops trying to protect Gil. He also puts a knee in his back to keep him from gettting up and smacks him a few times for good measure since Tarvek very nearly committed Suicide by Cop.
      Gil: You idot! Are you trying to commit suicide?
      Tarvek: You know I wouldn't do that to her. [...]
      Gil: All right I know! Have you already forgotten how much trouble we went through to keep you alive? How dare you risk yourself and her by acting so stupid!
    • Agatha is very loudly not pleased to find Tarvek fighting a hive monster on his own.
  • From Homestuck, Karkat Vantas' fussy anger and caustic snark is a near-perpetual state of being. This is partially due to his ego and anti-social attitude, but in the main because he's constantly worried that his friends (be they Alternian Troll or human) won't get out of Sburb alive, and fears that he's the reason for it. He's not entirely wrong, either.
  • The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!This is how Princess Voluptua let slip to Hibachi that she has feelings for him.
  • Jupiter-Men: After Mrs. Avalon catches Quintin when he slips from a stepladder, she drags him home and gives him an earful before looking over him in a frantic panic to make sure he's unhurt. She then grounds him for disobeying her, for disobeying the law, and for getting an F on his social studies project.
  • In Kevin & Kell, Leona's upset over Frank's bid to take over HerdThinners.
  • Little Lapses: Towards the end of Chapter 7, Blue's mom immediately scolds her for playing in Tagalong Woods against her orders for her safety. Navy, on the other hand, just pulls her little sister in for a hug because she's just glad she's safe.
  • Stand Still, Stay Silent: Reynir realizing that he needs to go somewhere that is just off the path that his group is travelling on results in him running away from everyone else without any kind of prior explanation. When Mikkel and Sigrun catch up with him, their first reaction is to take turns yelling at Reynir and claiming he almost gave the other a heart attack.
    • Reynir's mother has a similar reaction when they are reunited.
    Sigriður: My perfect, sweet little STUPID IDIOT CHILD!
  • In Third Voice, when Navichet gets Spondule injured, he complains. When she gets herself injured, he gets angry.
    Kanner: I heard him yelling. Like he seemed to really care.
  • In Wapsi Square Amanda yelled at Monica for making her worry due to a little basement debacle. Monica in turn was smart enough to realize that this showed how much Amanda cared about her.

    Web Original 
  • Worm: Brian is prone to this. As an example, in Snare 13.10, he yells at Taylor for having risked her life to rescue him from Bonesaw.

    Web Videos 
  • In Carmilla, this is Danny's reaction to a lot of what Laura does, particularly when she learns Laura's untied Carmilla. This is also what leads to their unofficial breakup, since Laura doesn't want anyone worrying about her. It didn't help that the reaction was rather unfair to Laura, especially since she didn't untie Carmilla. Carmilla's adoptive brother did, and Carmilla punched him out when he tried to kill Laura, proving that she's not quite as bad as everyone (Danny in particular) thinks.
  • In the first campaign of Critical Role, this is the usual reaction of the rest of the party to Vax running into dangerous situations alone (again), almost getting himself killed (again), and scaring the hell out of everybody (again). It never really takes.

    Western Animation 
  • In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Iroh confronts Zuko in “Lake Laogai” over his lack of foresight. His specifically brings up what happened to Zuko in “The Siege of the North” two-parter where Zuko captured Aang yet again, but was wandering the frozen tundra with no way of getting back.
  • BoJack Horseman: Three times, Diane has expressed this to Bojack.
    • The first was after Sarah Lynn's funeral where the two told each other how much better than they made themselves out to be but Bojack went off-grid for nearly a year, not answering Diane's phonecalls, and didn't even tell her when he arrived back to LA, or explain what happened to him.
    • In Season 5, Diane expresses this quite passive-aggressively when Bojack is unable to deal with his issues and "works out his own system" (read:gets addicted to opoids) and refuses to properly talk to Diane about them or acknowledge that he might need help, so she freezes him out.
    • Finally at the series finale, because Diane missed several phone-calls that Bojack made during his Despair Event Horizon, he attempted suicide. A year later, she admits to Bojack that she was so afraid that he died that she felt incredibly guilty for not answering - but when he survived, she resented Bojack for turning to her again, and making her feel like it's her fault that for leaving Hollywood, when he promised her he was going to be okay. And it is for this reason that she decides that it's better off if they permanently part ways.
  • In the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "The Lady in the Puddle", after Courage saves Eustace from being seduced and eaten by the eponymous Lady, Muriel goes from distraught to relieved, then to clocking Eustace with the usual rolling pin and angrily asking "Where have you been?!"
  • In (Nickelodeon's) Doug, episode "Doug Way out West", Doug is furiously berated by Patti for exaggerating about how well he could ride a horse. Considering that she found his horse eating out of a dumpster, unmanned, with only his hat nearby, near the edge of a cliff, she had every right to yell at him.
  • In DuckTales (1987), "Hero for Hire", Scrooge's joy that Launchpad was only Faking the Dead soon becomes rage.
    Scrooge: Launchpad, you're alive! I'm going to kill you!
  • Justice League Unlimited (2004):
    • After Flash narrowly survives a death-defying fall:
      Hawkgirl: (shouting) Don't you ever scare me like that again! (stalks off)
      The Flash: (to Fire) She loves me. She's like the big sister I never had. Only, you know, short.
    • Another example:
      Big Barda: Scott! I thought you were dead! ... You insufferable showboat! I thought you were dead!
    • In that same episode, we have this exchange between Barda and Scott's assistant Oberon:
      Barda: Always were more trouble than you were worth, little man.
      Oberon: All legs and no heart.
      Barda: (smiling warmly) You're just too far away to hear it. (kneels down and hugs Oberon)
  • Kaeloo: In Episode 100, Kaeloo voluntarily gets put in a Lotus-Eater Machine which she never wants to leave. When her friends decide to get her to stop, they find out that she has undergone Sanity Slippage. Mr. Cat starts angrily screaming at her to stop using the machine because he's worried about her safety.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: In "Maud Pie", after Maud saves Pinkie from Pinkie's own obstacle course, she glares at Pinkie, who shrinks under the glare before Maud pulls her into a hug. It's a subtle moment, but one that speaks volumes given Maud's usual stoicness.
  • Rocko's Modern Life: At the end of "Put Out to Pasture", Heffer comes out of his Pasture Puffies-induced coma, and all his friends and neighbors are glad he's alive... which quickly turns to them getting angry and leaving in a huff over the scare.
  • The Secret Saturdays:
    Drew: (angrily) Do you have any idea how DANGEROUS that was?!
    Zak: (a little bewildered) Mom... you taught me that move!
    Drew: (calming to look sheepish) I know... I'm... just so proud you nailed it.
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man: Peter has to sneak off to fight the Sinister Six as Spider-Man, and Gwen thinks he has been crushed by the giant tree in Times Square. When he shows himself again, complete with lame excuse, she throws her arms around him and exclaims "PETE!" Then she starts with the "Where have you been, I thought you were dead!"
    • Then there's Sally Avril, who, despite strongly disliking Peter, is genuinely horrified when she thinks he's been killed in the episode "Probable Cause". She does hug him when he reappears—then demands, "Wait! How come you're still alive?!", and then punches him, saying, "Do you know what you put me through?" Peter, taken aback, says that he didn't know she cared. Sally says that she doesn't, but she didn't want him blown to bits either—she's not a monster. Then she tells him that if he told anyone that she'd hugged him, he'd wish that he'd died.
    • In some of the earlier episodes of the first season, Aunt May comes off as slightly overbearing in her giving Peter a fairly strict curfew and grounding him when he breaks it. But it's made clear fairly quickly that this comes from a genuine worry for Peter; after losing her husband, Peter's the only family she has left. Not to mention the fact that she's stressed out with trying to pay the bills now that they don't have income from Ben's job. After the fourth episode, though, she visibly mellows out a bit and starts giving Peter more freedom.
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Mr. Krabs does this during the episode "Hooky" when he believes Spongebob and Patrick were caught on hooks and fished.
    Mr. Krabs: I wasn't quick enough... They're gone! (sobs) Oh, if I could only hold 'em in me arms again... I... I'd... (Spongebob and Patrick float safely back down) I'D THROTTLE 'EM!
  • In the SWAT Kats episode "Mutation City", when it's revealed T-Bone can't swim (and the city happens to be flooded), Razor has to rescue him from the rising water-levels. His reaction;
    Razor: If you drown, I'm gonna kill ya!!


Alternative Title(s): Fear Leads To Anger

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The Jungle Book

Bagheera's reaction when he realized that Baloo had survived attack from Shere Khan.

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