History Main / LetMeAtHim

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', when Geno informs Gaz that he's going to join Mario on a quest and Gaz agrees that Mario needs all the help he can get, Mallow has to physically restrain Mario from decking Gaz.

** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': Fred and George Weasley get grabbed and held back from attacking Draco by other members of the Quidditch team to prevent them getting the team in trouble with [[TheUmbridge Umbridge]] after Draco implies that he was responsible for composing "[[TheHeroSucksSong Weasley is our King]]" to make fun of Ron and regrets not being able to fit a line in about their impoverished parents. When Draco decides to add a bit insulting [[ParentalSubstitute Molly]] and [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest Lily]] in the same go, Harry lets go of George and the two of them pummel Draco. Fred is furious he didn't get to partake since Katie, Alicia and Angelina have cooler heads and all three had been required to hold him back in the first place.

* Bugs Bunny literally says this in the intro to ''Tortoise Beats Hare'', after reading the title card.
** In "A Tale of Two Kitties," Catstello says this after being told that the bird he's after is an eensy weensy defenseless little bird.

** In the episode "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS1E17DontDrinkTheWater Don't Drink the Water]]", when Plunder gloats about having "eliminated" Captain Planet and most of the Planeteers, eco-villain henchmen Rigger and Bleak have to hold Wheeler back from attacking him.
** Combined with YouLeaveHimAlone in "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E1MindPollution Mind Pollution]]"; Skumm's scheme ''du jour'' involves drugs, and to prevent the team from being able to call in Captain Planet, he gets Linka hooked with contaminated food. Seeing Skumm abusing the girl he loves naturally infuriates Wheeler, and the others have to grab him to keep him from going on a RoaringRampageOfRescue/[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Revenge]].
** It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but not long after the beginning of "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E17And18SummitToSaveEarth Summit to Save Earth Part 2]]", as Zarm is talking about the prospect of both Gaia and the Earth being destroyed, Wheeler tries to charge at him in anger. Kwame has to quickly grab his friend's arm and shoulder to stop him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/TheVanishingPrivate", Sergeant Pete invokes this trope word for word when he sees the [[InvisibleMainCharacter invisible Donald's]] footprints appear behind the General - who is busy trying to talk him down from throwing around the armload of live hand grenades he is using to blow Donald out of hiding. As the General is already convinced Pete has gone completely bananas, he tries to restrain Pete and so doesn't notice Donald help himself to the sword from his dress uniform and stab Pete in the backside with it, causing him to drop the grenades.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Bag of Money", Gerald has to drag away a kicking-and-screaming Sid when he accuses Arnold of being a thief.

* Almost every time Spinelli tries starting a fight in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.

-->'''Timon:''' Pumbaa, I think you're missing the basic point here.

[[caption-width-right:350:'''''WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?! I'LL MURDER THE BUM!!''''']]

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E24TheMan "The Man"]]. Richard is furious at his mother's new boyfriend Louie, but won't actually hurt an old man, so he gets his sons to grab his arm and leg as Louie walks out his door.

* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorldFernWithy'': Gale, Madge, Ed, and various others riot in plain view of the Capitol crowd and cameras after Snow revokes the rule change to try and make Katniss and Peeta kill each other, with it taking both wrestling champion Mellark brothers to hold Madge back from attacking a pair of Peacekeepers]].

* An Exbrayat story has this: the inspector in in the interrogation room with the smug little drug dealer, along with a [[TheBigGuy huge]], [[CoolOldGuy middle-aged cop]] whose only daughter died of an overdose. When the dealer starts taunting the inspector, he starts to look as though he's going to punch the smartass... only to turn around and deck the other cop in the face. As both stare dumbfounded, he delivers this awesome line: "You disappoint me, Gunther. A two-bit drug dealer lays a hand on you and you just sit there?" [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Understanding dawns in the cop's face eyes just before fear does in the dealer's.]] Later we're told that the official version was that the cop saved the inspector from a violent criminal.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "Brian Griffin's House of Payne", Joe tries to attack Brian after watching his [[ExecutiveMeddling massacred]] TV pilot, leaving Peter and Quagmire to hold him back. Bonnie (who apparently had to deal with this before) advised them to keep his anus above his head.