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* Ace from ''OnePiece'' falls prey to this whenever anyone badmouths Whitebeard or threatens his little brother. Indeed, his original purpose in the series is to hunt down Blackbeard after his "insult" of killing a fellow crewmember. This trait tends to go poorly for Ace though as he always gets defeated/captured/hurt whenever this trope takes effect (we even learn after the fact that Ace's battle against Blackbeard was an example of this as Ace couldn't leave Blackbeard alone even if he wanted to due to both the threat he posed to Luffy and the insult to Whitebeard that would occur if he had abandoned the battle. He of course loses this battle horribly and gets captured as a result). Finally, in what is the most apt example of this trope, Ace, [[spoiler:after having just been freed from execution in Marineford]], gets goaded into a fight with Admiral Akainu via the latter purposely insulting Whitebeard. Then, to make matters worse, Akainu invokes Ace's second berserk button by suddenly attacking his little brother, resulting in Ace taking the punch for Luffy. "Going badly" understates the result of this [[spoiler:as Ace dies from this even though he's in a series well known for its [[DeathIsCheap fluid mortality]].]]

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* [[TropeNamer This trope is named]] for the line in ''BackToTheFuture Part II'' and ''Part III'', where Marty is shown to be easily provoked whenever someone challenges his courage. While this initially works well, pushing Marty's BerserkButton and allowing him to outmaneuver several future bullies, we also see past, present and future scenarios where this proud attitude causes very bad portents for him, with risk of job loss, crippling physical injury, and death all as possible results.

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--> '''Yosemite Sam''': I'm a-steppin'

--> '''Riveras (in unison)''': [[BerserkButton COWARDS?!]] * furious dust-cloud of ass-kicking*

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* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Applebloom is attempting to actually call a chicken, and Scootaloo claims "that is ''not'' how you call a chicken!" When Scootaloo refuses to show her the right way to call a chicken...

--> '''Homer/[[BonnieAndClyde Clyde]]:''' Chicken? Nobody calls me chicken without goading me into doing something stupid!

* In ''{{Exiern}}'' any insult to Tiffany's pride requires retribution...whether it is a sword fight or holding a dressmaker at sword point until she makes Tiffany prettier and more feminine than TheLibby. For the record, Tiffany [[GenderBender used to be a male barbarian]].

* ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'' has the titular character accept all challenges for a duel, no matter how unreasonable or uneven the stakes because of Ranma's strong sense of pride and unwillingness to let anyone have any excuse to call him a coward. At times this was so irrational that he even accepted things like "cuteness" challenges, where Ranma had to prove that he was the cutest competitor even when he didn't want people to think of him that way at all. Whenever Ranma gets involved in some contest that revolves around proving his [[GenderBender "feminity"]], it's invariably either due to wounded pride or because he's been forced into it.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Super Paper Mario}}'', the [[TheSoCalledCoward usually cowardly]] Luigi is angered by Dimentio's statement that "the shag upon his lip will make a fine trophy", to which he responds "SHA ? This moustache is all LUIGI!". Battle ensues, and Luigi wins, of course.

* ''{{Spaceballs}}'': "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? ''[[{{Pun}} Chicken]]?''"

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Applebloom is attempting to actually call a chicken, which Scootaloo claims sounds nothing like a chicken. When Scootaloo refuses to show her the right way to call a chicken...

--> '''Scootaloo''': AM NOT!
--> '''Applebloom''': Oh wait! Now I know how to call a chicken! SCOOTALOOOO! SCOOT-SCOOTALOOOOOOO!
** Scootaloo being a chicken is one of the more common [[MemeticMutation recurring jokes in the fandom]].

* In ''{{Super Paper Mario}}'', the [[TheSoCalledCoward usually cowardly]] Luigi is angered by Dimentio's statement that "the shag upon his lip will make a fine trophy", to which he responds "SHA ? This moustache is all LUIGI!". Battle ensues, and Luigi wins, of course.

--> '''Chibi-Kaiba''': What if I taunted you by saying "Bawk! Bawk!" and making gestures that compared you to a chicken?
--> '''Gozaburo''': Nooo! Anything but that!
--> -- '''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}''', episode 48

* Supposedly, in the Wild West calling someone a coward was one of four fighting words that you would only invoke if you were prepared to fight for your life. The other three were thief, cheater (esepcially when playing cards in a saloon), and liar.

* [[TropeNamer This trope is named]] for the line in ''BackToTheFuture Part II'' and ''Part III'', where Marty is shown to be easily provoked whenever someone challenges his courage. While this initially works well, pushing Marty's Berserk Button and allowing him to outmaneuver several future bullies, we also see past, present and future scenarios where this proud attitude causes very bad portents for him, with risk of job loss, crippling physical injury, and death all as possible results.

* Done in ''TheSimpsons'' movie where Homer gets Bart to skateboard nude across town as part of a dare.
* ''{{Spaceballs}}'': "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? ''Chicken?''"

* In ''{{Super Paper Mario}}'', the usually coward Luigi is angered by Dimentio's statement that "the shag upon his lip will make a fine trophy", to which he responds "SHAG ? This moustache is all LUIGI !". Battle ensues, and Luigi wins, of course.
* When you meet Anne in [[MetalSaga Metal Max Returns]]

* Ace from ''OnePiece'' falls prey to this whenever anyone badmouths Whitebeard or threatens his little brother. Indeed, his original purpose in the series is to hunt down Blackbeard after his "insult" of killing a fellow crewmember. This trait tends to go poorly for Ace though as he always gets defeated/captured/hurt whenever this trope takes effect (we even learn after the fact that Ace's battle against Blackbeard was an example of this as Ace couldn't leave Blackbeard alone even if he wanted to due to both the threat he posed to Luffy and the insult to Whitebeard that would occur if he had abandoned the battle. He of course loses this battle horribly and gets captured as a result). Finally, in what is the most apt example of this trope, Ace, [[spoiler:after having just been freed from execution in Marineford, gets goaded into a fight with Admiral Akainu via the latter purposely insulting Whitebeard. Then, to make matters worse, Akainu invokes Ace's second berserk button by suddenly attacking his little brother, resulting in Ace taking the punch for Luffy.]] [[supersecretspoiler:"Going badly" understates the result of this as Ace apparently dies from this even though he's in a series well known for its [[DeathIsCheap fluid mortality]].]]

* ''LooneyTunes'', "High Diving Hare":
--> '''Characters/BugsBunny''' (draws a line at the end of the diving board): I dare you to step across this line.

--> ''{Wheeeeeeeeeeee! SPLOOSH!)''

* Supposedly, in the Wild West calling someone a coward was one of three fighting words that you would only invoke if you were prepared to fight for your life. The other two were thief and liar.

* ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' gives players the ability to make their characters emote in front of other players and NPCs. The most notable emote for this trope is aptly named "/chicken." The most notable race to use this trope effectively is the male goblin.

** The trope was deliberatey invoked by [[OldMaster Cologne]] in her first duel with Ranma: when it seems the young martial artist is whipping the floor with the [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens little old lady]], the latter challenges Ranma formally and gets him to agree to marry Shampoo if she wins. Ranma, high on his near-certain victory, agrees, and Cologne immediately beats him into paste.

* {{Spaceballs}}: "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? ''Chicken?''"

* {{Spaceballs}}: "What's the matter, Colonel Sanderz? Are you ''chicken?''"