History Main / LetsGetDangerous

Any RetiredBadass can pull off this trope if sufficiently provoked. {{Main/Hobbits}} are also particularly likely to have it occur every so often. Can overlap with a HeroicSecondWind, NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech, TheCoatsAreOff, TheGlassesComeOff, AlternateCatchphraseInflection, and/or a PreAsskickingOneLiner.

The {{Trope Namer|s}} is the CatchPhrase of WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, a bumbling hero whose utterance of the phrase marked [[OnceAnEpisode the point in every episode]] where he would set aside his [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]] and start taking things seriously, demonstrating his true competence as a crimefighter.

A moment in the story when all the quirky, eccentric supporting cast members, or SuperZeroes, ''stop'' being quirky and eccentric and start demonstrating their real skill. In effect, it can often be similar to [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], except that really, when you think about it, it makes more sense. It's not so much that they [[{{Asspull}} pull the power from nowhere]]. Rather, these characters have ''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass always had]]'' [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass that power]], and it's simply that now they get to show it in a way that doesn't steal the hero's screen time. In some cases, [[InformedAbility they may even have been actively failing to demonstrate this much-hyped power before]].

See also GivingTheSwordToANoob, TheSoCalledCoward, GoodIsNotDumb, ScrapHeapHero, NotSoHarmlessVillain (the EvilCounterpart), LethalJokeCharacter, IAmNotLeftHanded, ThisMeansWar, MisfitMobilizationMoment, and {{Badass|Bystander}}[=/=]HeroicBystander. When a whole ''civilization'' decides to get dangerous, this is a SuperweaponSurprise.

The TropeNamer is the CatchPhrase of WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, a bumbling hero whose utterance of the phrase marked [[OnceAnEpisode the point in every episode]] where he would set aside his [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]] and start taking things seriously, demonstrating his true competence as a crimefighter.

[[quoteright:313: [[ComicBook/DarkwingDuck https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darkwing-duck-4_49451_5123.jpg]]]]

A moment in the story when all the quirky, eccentric supporting cast members, or SuperZeroes, ''stop'' being quirky and eccentric and start demonstrating their real skill. In effect, it can often be similar to [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], except that really, when you think about it, it makes more sense. It's not so much that they [[{{Asspull}} pull the power from nowhere]]. Rather, these characters have always ''had'' that power, and it's simply that now they get to show it in a way that doesn't steal the hero's screen time. In some cases, [[InformedAbility they may even have been actively failing to demonstrate this much-hyped power before]].

Things are looking bleak. The protagonist and his allies are in a corner; the villain's [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours kung fu is stronger than theirs.]] Outnumbered, outgunned, the situation calls for heroism, and unfortunately for our heroes, the only people around are all [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]], {{sidekick}}s or {{mentor|s}} figures who've never really stepped up to the plate, when they aren't mere {{Boisterous Weakling}}s.

See also GivingTheSwordToANoob, TheSoCalledCoward, GoodIsNotDumb, ScrapHeapHero, NotSoHarmlessVillain (the EvilCounterpart), LethalJokeCharacter, IAmNotLeftHanded, ThisMeansWar, MisfitMobilizationMoment, and {{Badass|Bystander}}[=/=]HeroicBystander. When a whole ''civilization'' [[UpToEleven decides to get dangerous]], this is a SuperweaponSurprise.

* Wrestling/BlackRose has as much to say about herself, but also of pro wrestlers in general. Just because they look happy or friendly when you see them out and about or in photo shoots doesn't mean you should expect that to last when they get in the ring. She said this about a picture taken with Jessicka Havok and Wrestling/LeilaniKai at SHINE, that latter of whom would [[FunnyAneurysmMoment help crush Rose's throat]] not long afterwards.

'''Darkwing Duck''': Yeah? Well then, ''[[TropeNamers let's get dangerous]]!''

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* In the first game of Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder, players were just trying mostly in vain to damage said Godmodder. Then the Terror Zombie and Terror Skeleton joined the battle, and the number of poster-summoned entities went from zero to 5 in just a couple of pages. It never stopped there.

'''Darkwing Duck''': Yeah? Well then, ''[[TitleDrop let's get dangerous!]]''