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Contrast TranquilFury when angering someone makes him more focused and calm instead, and NobodyCallsMeChicken, for when you want them angry so they can show off better.

* In the climax of ''Fanfic/SecurityWorm'', [[spoiler: Zion]] is so enraged at Michael Allen [[spoiler: blowing up Eden's body and then [[HopeSpot blowing up a lifelike facsimile of her]]]] that when he finally gets his hands on him, [[spoiler: he completely annihilates him and the land around him, leaving him blind to the ArmorPiercingAttack coming for him InTheBack]].

* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'':
** With his penchant for dancing on {{Berserk Button}}s, Jeremiah Cross frequently uses this tactic. One example is when he goaded Corto of the Amigo Pirates with [[YouAreFat fat jokes]], enraging him enough to run right into a knockout blow.
** The Straw Hat Pirates themselves fell victim to this trope, when Shiki the Golden Lion called their crewmate Nami his "[[DehumanizingInsult property]]". This [[BerserkButton infuriated]] the whole crew enough to lay a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Shiki, but it also made them sloppy enough that a veteran like Shiki could beat them easily.

* In ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', villainess Badra successfully baits Franchise/WonderWoman into charging blindly by threatening her mother and daughter.
-->"Then deal with me a second time," said Badra. "If I get done with you soon enough, perhaps he'll let me help the boys deal with your daughter. And your mother."\\
A second after she had done it, Diana realized she'd been goaded too well. She should have harnessed her fury, and tried a move with more finesse.\\
Instead, she just charged, with a war cry on her lips and a face twisted in hate. Badra managed a sidestep, no easy feat considering Diana's velocity, and swung a knee into her abdomen.
* Hans from ''Fanfic/ABrighterDark'' goes ballistic when Mozu is hurt in a fight, but his rage causes him to expose his back to some enemies and get himself subdued instantly.
* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} tells her evil duplicate that the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes killed her lover Mordru so she is too angry to fight efficiently.
* Deconstructed in ''Fanfic/ADestinyOfIceAndSteel''. When someone just wildly hacks without thought for technique or finesse, Ser Rodrik calls it an "immature tantrum."
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'':
** Much like his canon counterpart, the Wolf insults his targets into attacking recklessly, which leads to them failing (even moreso if they didn't have much skill in the first place like Littlefinger), which leads to more mockery, which... The only ones who weren't afflcited by it were Euron (who despite being angered, actually manages to volley insults with the Wolf for a bit) and the Night King (who doesn't react in the slightest).
** He also goads Cersei into executing prisoners rather than negotiating, ensuring King's Landing can only fall by siege, and later arranges for Daenerys to be struck by rage to torch the city, although she interrupts her attack earlier than in the show.

* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': When the enraged Metalbeak wants to immediately hunt down the Nest Butcher's kin, Jade makes a point of letting him do that only if he manages to knock her out of the circle she draws in the snow. When his more and more furious attempts to do so fail, she specifically tells him that he must keep his head cool to avoid falling into any possible trap of the rebels. After she finally knocks him on his ass, he reluctantly admits she's right.
* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': Luz becomes this after her cousin Riley betrays her and attempts to murder her even she tried to give herself up to the police. Luz doesn't demand to know why Riley betrayed her and tell her to surrender peacefully, like she normally would. Luz just wants Riley dead, familial ties be damned. [[spoiler:By the time she finally calms down, Riley and her accomplice have escaped her wrath, Luz has blown up a supermarket and turned the squad of cops about to arrest her into LudicrousGibs with her DeadlyForceField. All this occurs in front of onlookers, including her horrified mother, you recorded the whole thing, labelling her a villain.]]

** ''VideoGame/SuperPunchOut'' for the SNES has Narcis Prince of the Special Circuit. He has a very good defense and can counter well... until you somehow manage to punch him in the face. That makes him angry, even showing in his sprite, and he becomes more aggressive, but also open to more punches in the face until he gets knocked down.
** ''VideoGame/PunchOutWii'' has the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Mr. Sandman in Title Defense]]. His ultimate move is called the Rage Uppercuts, where he gets pissed off and unleashes a flurry of uppercuts that make him as dangerous as [[SNKBoss Mike Tyson himself in the NES]]. However, unlike him, if he misses all of his uppercuts, he is exhausted and ''completely helpless'' afterwards.

* ''Franchise/PunchOut'', being about boxing, shows why anger issues make people unfit to be boxers.

* Somewhat literally in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': One of his SuperMode is a ClippedWingAngel called "Wrath Mode" where he does more damage to himself than to enemies as he fights.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': A literal variant happens in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' during Josuke Higashikata's fight against Rohan Kishibe, though it's ultimately subverted. Rohan repeatedly presses Josuke's BerserkButton -- [[NobodyTouchesTheHair insulting Josuke's hair]]. At the time, Rohan's Heaven's Door stand requires the victim to look at a page of his artwork to actually work, and Josuke fights with his eyes closed in an attempt to avoid this. While Rohan eventually succeeds in eventually making Josuke open his eyes, his BerserkButton has been pressed so hard that he can't actually see anything, artwork page included, since he's become literally blind with rage. Rohan goes from SmugSnake to terrified pleading with Josuke in the span of only a few seconds.

* Both [[AntiHero Ragna the Bloodedge]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Jin Kisaragi]] have this happen often in the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' series. In both cases their rage often leads to them doing things like letting themselves get captured, injured, or defeated, or worse, [[LetsYouAndHimFight them fighting each other.]]

* ''VideoGame/MinionMasters'': The Master Volco slowly becomes this due to the anger stored in his magical weapon.

* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'', Max plays this card against Punchinello to get him mad enough to make mistakes. He tries to kill Max by trapping him in a burning restaurant, but Max escapes and takes the battle to the manor itself.
* In the third episode of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'', [[spoiler:after Sammun-Mak warps reality when he gets into Max's body]], Sam uses this strategy to take down [[BigBad Skun-ka'pe]].

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Knuckles is sometimes depicted as blundering and reckless as a result of his short temper.
%% ** Amy Rose to a lesser degree has moments of this as well.
* Berserk/Fury is a [[StatusEffects status effect]] in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series which makes its bearer unable to do anything else than physical attacks. If the character in question is more magic-oriented, that pretty much negates their main strengths. If they're suffering from other status ailments such as Poison or Confusion, (where they're as likely to attack themselves or members of the group as they are the enemies you're fighting) then you can have a pretty significant problem on your hands.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': as in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', Rage is a {{Status Effect|s}} which causes a fighter to automatically only deal physical attacks. Enraged characters inflict extra damage when they attack, but they also take more damage from all sources.

* Both [[AntiHero Ragna the Bloodedge]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Jin Kisaragi]] have this happen often in the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' series. In both cases their rage often leads to them doing things like letting themselves get captured, injured, or defeated, or worse, [[LetsYouAndHimFight them fighting each other.]]
* Used by Alchemist in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. Through an open channel broadcast during Chapter 6, she calls out Negev by name and taunts her in order to lure her behind Sangvis lines. This works, causing Negev to charge through in a bloodthirsty rage.