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* Oran "Juice" Jones' 1986 hit, "The Rain" about a man [[PlotInducingInfidelity who has been cheated on by his girlfriend]], ends with a {{spoken word|InMusic}} [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] where his first impulse is to go postal before calming down and canceling the credit cards he gave her, packing her stuff and telling her to leave, but not without a little bit of ToughLove, advising her to do better next time she finds a man.

* Oran "Juice" Jones' 1986 hit, "The Rain" about a man [[YourCheatingHeart who has been cheated on by his girlfriend]], ends with a {{spoken word|InMusic}} [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] where his first impulse is to go postal before calming down and canceling the credit cards he gave her, packing her stuff and telling her to leave, but not without a little bit of ToughLove, advising her to do better next time she finds a man.

* Music/TheMegas: Proto Man. Despite his hatred for Mega Man, he's able to greet him cordially, and his songs are relatively stable - he's not ''monotone'', but he doesn't yell and even sounds more sad than angry, even though he's talking about how he intends to smash past Mega Man and kill Dr Light as payback for taking him apart.

* Music/TaylorSwift's "[[{{Music/Folklore2020}} mad woman]]" is a completely calm, even-toned TheReasonYouSuckSpeech aimed at men who mistreat women, then discredit them by framing them as crazy when they react appropriately. The lyrics make it clear that the narrator is furious and ''very done'' with this, but they're sung softly, over a gentle piano and guitar intrumental.

* ''Machinima/LogansTale'': Logan sometimes reacts like this to particularly egregious atrocities, most notably after finding out [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror what Dean Domino did to Christine]]]].

* In ''TabletopGame/{{LegendOfTheFiveRings}}'', the Crab Clan has samurai who train as berserkers. While the UnstoppableRage type of berserker is [[{{Flanderization]] far more common]], the "dead-eyes" berserkers focus their rage and go into combat with a zen-like detachment and unnerving apparent calm.

* The berserkers of the Crab Clan in ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' were originally portrayed as this, but are occasionally {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed into the normal, UnstoppableRage kind of berserkers.

There may come a time when going [[UnstoppableRage berserk]] simply doesn't work. Maybe the burning rage is being outweighed and tempered by [[ThePowerOfHate ice-cold hate]]. In either case, many people choose to turn to Tranquil Fury. This state of mind allows much whoop-ass to be uncanned without undue stress. When the time comes for the showdown between the [[TheHero Hero]] and the BigBad, do not expect to see furious angry rage. Instead, expect TheHero (or AntiHero)'s face to be serenely, eerily calm. They will not appear to be even slightly put out with the villain but that won't stop them from trying to hack the villain to hundreds of tiny pieces. A defeat by someone in the grip of Tranquil Fury is likely to be more comprehensive than others, as the job ''will'' [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill be done in a properly thorough fashion]].

There may come a time when going [[UnstoppableRage berserk]] simply does not work. Or perhaps that burning rage is being outweighed and tempered by [[ThePowerOfHate ice-cold hate]]. In either case, many people choose to turn to Tranquil Fury. This state of mind allows much whoop-ass to be uncanned without undue stress. When the time comes for the showdown between the [[TheHero Hero]] and the BigBad, do not expect to see furious angry rage. Instead, expect TheHero (or AntiHero)'s face to be serenely, eerily calm. They will not appear to be even slightly put out with the villain but that won't stop them from trying to hack the villain to hundreds of tiny pieces. A defeat by someone in the grip of Tranquil Fury is likely to be more comprehensive than others, as the job ''will'' [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill be done in a properly thorough fashion]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s [[MagnificentBastard Doc Scratch]] is cool, calm, collected and [[{{Foreshadowing}} an excellent host]]...until you break his clocks. Then he's cool, calm, collected, an excellent host, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005764 and perfectly capable of a]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* In the ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' match between the BewareTheSuperman {{Trope Codifier}}s [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Omni-Man]] and [[ComicBook/TheBoys Homelander]], Homelander [[TargetedToHurtTheHero barbecues Nolan's wife Debbie]] and starts gloating about America being NotBigEnoughForTheTwoOfUs. After letting him finish Omni-Man inhales, sighs, then in a calm, soothing voice tells him that he's going to feed him his own heart. [[spoiler:In one of the most [[CurbStompBattle brutally one-sided matches to date]], [[CruelAndUnusualDeath he makes good on his promise]] [[DissonantSerenity without once losing his cool]].]]

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* The berserkers of the Crab Clan in ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' were originally portrayed as this, but are occasionally {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed into the normal, UnstoppableRage kind of berserkers.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' the Lunar charm Relentless Lunar Fury, a key warrior-type technique that enables a keyword on other Lunar charms, specifically suggests tranquil fury as one of the ways to portray the effect.
* In ''[[Tabletopgame/VampireTheRequiem Vampire: The Requiem]]'', vampiric frenzy is normally an animalistic UnstoppableRage, but some members of the decorum-obsessed Sotoha bloodline practice a technique that allows them to retain their composure. One member, engaged in a prolonged vendetta, is rumoured to have been in constant, carefully controlled frenzy for ''decades''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the urban barbarian, an archetype for the barbarian class with a vastly different rage ability called controlled rage : it imparts no penalty to AC and doesn't restrict the use of Dexterity-, Intelligence- or Charisma-based skills, doesn't grant any bonus to Will saves and instead of giving a static bonus to Strength and Constitution, it lets the character distribute a bonus between Strength, Dexterity and Constitution at the start of a controlled rage. In short, instead of going full berserk, the urban barbarian remains in control but gets lower benefits overall.

* In Peter Shaffer's "Black Comedy", Shaffer even writes this into the stage directions. The main character has surreptitiously borrowed his neighbor's very expensive furniture to impress a guest, but then there is a power outage and the neighbor comes home unexpectedly, prompting the lead to scramble about replacing the furniture while his girlfriend stalls the neighbor. At some point, the lead accidentally drops a priceless sculpture at his neighbor's feet -- and the neighbor, who finally figures out what's going on, simply says to the lead, "I think I'm going to have to smash you." On top of this, the stage directions say that he is speaking "in the quiet voice of the very, very dangerous."

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' prequel book ''Recap/StartOfDarkness'', the lich Xykon discovers that he no longer has a sense of taste after attempting to chug a cup of truly horrendous coffee. What follows next is a terrifying example of this trope that demonstrates the gulf between the mortal Xykon and the undead version, as he coldly murders a waitress he had earlier described as very attractive. When Right-Eye gets angry, Xykon throws him against the wall and begins strangling him to death. Redcloak is only able to prevent Xykon from killing them both with a desperate bluff, though he still throws both goblins through a nearby window before announcing that he is now in charge. During the entire encounter, Xykon never once raises his voice.
-->Pathetic little green worm. I ought to pop your sickeningly warm head off of your disgusting fluid-filled sack of organs.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', [[ImplacableMan Airman Axel]] [[TheMagnificent "The Unstoppable"]] [[MadeOfIron Higgs]] slides into this state after Zola [[spoiler:stabs Zeetha]]. Every panel showing him afterwards depicts him with this look of pure yet tempered and determined fury on his face as he relentlessly pursues and fights her.
** After beating Vole using UnstoppableRage, Gil points out that his father feels like this ''all the time'', which means the baron lives in tranquil fury all the time he doesn't spend in non-tranquil fury.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s [[MagnificentBastard Doc Scratch]] is cool, calm, collected and [[{{Foreshadowing}} an excellent host]]...until you break his clocks. Then he's cool, calm, collected, an excellent host, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005764 and perfectly capable of a]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* Betelgeuse gets this way in ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'' when a {{mook|s}} who's after him starts chasing Lydia instead. Instead of his usual LargeHam tendencies, the poltergeist goes stone-cold calm. The mook quickly learns the hard way why you should not mess with Betelgeuse's {{Protectorate}}.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Undine is the soul of politeness and courtesy, even when she's clearly very angry. She'll politely decline an interview with a pushy reporter while throwing water on her, or clamp a bully's mouth shut while asking she "please not talk about things she does not know" when she tries to use Undine as an example of a Magical Girl doing her duty despite hardship. It's not until chapter 14 that Undine expresses serious anger, after [[spoiler:Cassidy proclaims she won't let Heartful Punch end up dead like Team Alchemical]], angrily asking if the other person really thinks she doesn't think about that possibility nightly. On that note, Bud intervening during that confrontation as well: she doesn't raise her voice or look visibly angry at all, but her anger and disgust at [[spoiler:Cassidy, for accusing Undine of murdering Team Alchemical]], is ''palpable''.
* ''Webcomic/MyDeepestSecret'': Even when really pissed to the point of seriously hurting someone, Elios never raises his voice or betrays much emotion aside from giving a serious death glare...even while beating them up.

Compare ''and'' contrast: SuppressedRage, DissonantSerenity and BewareTheQuietOnes. These characters often use CreepyMonotone, DeathGlare, and SlasherSmile. When GoodIsNotSoft, the most brutal examples of its wrath will often take this form.

Compare: DontMakeMeDestroyYou; BoredWithInsanity; CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass; RageBreakingPoint; and HeroicSafeMode.

Compare DontMakeMeDestroyYou; BoredWithInsanity; CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass; RageBreakingPoint; and HeroicSafeMode.

Contrast: BerserkerTears, UnstoppableRage. Compare ''and'' contrast SuppressedRage, DissonantSerenity and BewareTheQuietOnes. These characters often use CreepyMonotone, DeathGlare, and SlasherSmile. When GoodIsNotSoft, the most brutal examples of its wrath will often take this form.

Contrast: BerserkerTears, UnstoppableRage. Compare ''and'' contrast DissonantSerenity and BewareTheQuietOnes. These characters often use CreepyMonotone, DeathGlare, and SlasherSmile. When GoodIsNotSoft, the most brutal examples of its wrath will often take this form.

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* Music/TaylorSwift's "[[{{Music/Folklore}} mad woman]]" is a completely calm, even-toned TheReasonYouSuckSpeech aimed at men who mistreat women, then discredit them by framing them as crazy when they react appropriately. The lyrics make it clear that the narrator is furious and ''very done'' with this, but they're sung softly, over a gentle piano and guitar intrumental.

* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', in the Name Hunt Station, when TheHero Baam faces Yukan -- who's both in league with the people who run the station and have taken Baam's friends hostage, and currently stomping on someone smaller -- Baam approaches him politely, explains calmly why he's angry, and blows him back with overwhelming power.

-->-- ''Discworld/{{Eric}}''

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Undine is the soul of politeness and courtesy, even when she's clearly very angry. She'll politely decline an interview with a pushy reporter while throwing water on her, or clamp a bully's mouth shut while asking she "please not talk about things she does not know" when she tries to use Undine as an example of a Magical Girl doing her duty despite hardship. It's not until chapter 14 that Undine expresses serious anger, after [[spoiler:Cassidy proclaims she won't let Heartful Punch end up dead like Team Alchemical]], angrily asking if the other person really thinks she doesn't think about that possibility nightly.