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{{quote|''"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! [[Hypocritical Humor|That makes me]] [[Trope Namer|feel angry!]]"''
|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}sFBhR4QcBtE Robot Devil]''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}

A classic rule in writing is to [[Show, Don't Tell]]. That includes emotions. If a character is happy, that should be obvious from his actions—not from the fact that he says "I'm happy" out loud. Imagine what real life would be like if people did that.

This trope ''can'' be used for comedic effect. It can also be rather scary when the "so happy" line is delivered with barely concealed rage by a skilled actor. [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], after all.

See [[As You Know]] for the expository version of this trope. Compare [[And That's Terrible]] or [[Flat Joy]].

Appears quite a lot in cases of [[Lull Destruction]]. Do not confuse with [[Is This What Anger Feels Like?]], in which the perpetually jubilant character deals with anger for the first time, or [[I'll Kill You!]].

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== Anime and Manga ==
* This is part of the [[Narm|superficial]] way a Misaka Sister speaks in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' and ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'', and once you know how a [[Hive Mind|Misaka Sister]] is [[Cloning Blues|different]] from [[Shock and Awe|Misaka Mikoto]], it's both creepy and [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|tragic]].
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', from Kiku/Japan: "An unpleasant sensation..." Cue the [[Discretion Shot]].
* In ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', Gretel says or implies she feels a little bad about using 2 local orphans as decoys pretty much insuring there death.
* One of the things that Kyon does as an [[Unreliable Narrator]] in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. For example, he'll say he's terrified about something but only rarely will he show actions that actually show it. Once he was narrating how scared he was about a monster; when Itsuki mused that he sure didn't act scared, we were treated to him devoting a paragraph or two of him listing how he had the traits of being scared... until that trails off and it isn't addressed again.
** What's more, one of the common devices that the series uses is to have Kyon's actions contradict his words; he tells us things that are different than what's shown. Example from the anime's chronological first episode: Kyon tells us that he's not interested in Haruhi, while the animation shows us that he's very obviously checking her out over the course of a few weeks.
** Kyon's "[[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]" style is also in contrast to the story's treatment of Haruhi's inner state, which is almost exclusively [[Show, Don't Tell]].
* Sagara Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', when he's [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|attempting to convince]] [[Muggles]] that he's [[The Stoic|feeling normal human emotions]].
{{quote|'''Sousuke:''' You perceive wrongly. I feel unimaginable happiness wasting time talking with women. I'm that type of human.}}
* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga, Wrath has a habit of monologuing on how certain things make him angry, generally in the vein of how much he hates puny humans. The ''Brotherhood'' animate adaptation usually makes him sound anything but furious during these monologues, giving the impression that he's incapable of broadcasting emotion properly.
** [[Tranquil Fury|Or that he's just really skilled at hiding his rage]]. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|For a few seconds, anyway]]...
** His name is ''Wrath'', not "rage" or "fury". The emotion of wrath is not nearly as overt as the others, and it is not mutually exclusive with tranquility.
* In ''[[×××HOLiC]]'', Watanuki does this in [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/xxxholic/v16/c190/9.html chapter 190].
* [[Catch Phrase|I'm in despair!]] The fact that ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' uses this trope constantly has left me in despair!
* In ''[[Naruto]]'',  {{spoiler|the Nine-Tails Demon Fox roars}} “Narutoooo!!!! You have angered me!!!! Narutoooooo!!!!!!”  {{spoiler|after Naruto rips the chakra from the Fox's body, claiming it for his own, thus allowing Naruto to fully control the Fox's power.}}
* Mari in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' has a habit of narrating everything she does, thinks and feels out loud.
** Touji is prone to this in his first appearance in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', talking quite plainly about how angry he is about what happened to his sister.
* Elgala from the original manga of ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]'' [[Third Person Person|does the exact same thing]], [[No Indoor Voice|with an emphasis on the "loud"]], and [[Selective Obliviousness|minus any conscious knowledge that she's actually speaking]] (she thinks all her co-workers are mind-reading mutants).

== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Incredible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]]'' is [http://www.hulkmovie.com/images/hulkmash/hr121.jpg practically] a poster child of this trope. There's a reason why [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]] exists, after all.
** Well, at least he ''looks'' angry. Always.
*** Until [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]s [[Executive Meddling|meddle]] with the franchise. [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hulkey-Pokey-Hulk-Dancing-Plush-Figure/9189398 Does this look angry to you?].
** [[Hulk Speak|Hulk can be forgiven for Hulk's constant reminders of Hulk's current mood. Hulk's mood very important to know for people around Hulk. Furthermore, Hulk not very articulate.]]
* Judge Roy Bean is presented as doing this in ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]''. Played entirely for comedy because [[The Stoic|he only has one facial expression that has no emotion visible on it]], and his voice is implied to be similarly monotonic.
** Which is kind of weird because the actual Judge Bean was practically an actor on the bench, with a great love of delivering moving monologues, and if he ever said anything monotone it was purely for [[Creepy Monotone|effect]].
* Played straight and subverted in ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]''. Johnny is in a suicidal mood while he's talking to his mental image of the rabbit he nailed to his wall. Through both the dialogue, Johnny's facial expression, and his body language it is immensely clear exactly how he's feeling at the moment. At the end, with a tear sliding down his cheek and an even more pained facial expression than normal (which is quite saying something), he says, "Bunny?... I'm not happy."
* There are a few examples of characters doing this in the earlier ''[[Tintin]]'' comics.

== Fan Works ==
*  Invoked for humor's sake by Saurial in the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover ''[[Taylor Varga]]''  when she leans against Amy and says, "Hold me, I'm sad" because her other aspect -- ''herself'' -- is being mean to her during prep for the third study session.

== Film ==
* And similarly, in ''[[Austin Powers]]:''
{{quote|"That makes me angry! And when Dr. Evil gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset! And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset ... people DIE!"}}
* ''[[Enchanted]]'' has this when Giselle gets angry, but here it's justified because it's the first time she's actually ''felt'' the emotion anger.
{{quote|'''Giselle''': You make me so...so...''ANGRY!''...[[Mood Whiplash|Ha ha! I'm angry!]]...I'm angry...I'M ANGRY! [[Mood Whiplash|*punches Robert in the arm*]]}}
** This also happens to be her [[Love Epiphany]], so it's possibly the first time she felt any strong emotion toward someone.
* ''[[Daft Queens]]'' has Yihoshi's semi-imaginary friend strangling him while she says, "I am very angry!"
* Used for comedic effect in the finale of ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', where calm, collected and rational Egon calmly explains to his fellow Ghostbusters that he's "terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought". (Anyone would be, seeing how he's facing the end of the world as administered by [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|a giant version of]] [[It Was His Sled|the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]]. Blame Ray...)
* Played for laughs in a scene in ''[[The Incredibles]]'', when callous insurance executive Mr. Huph begins his reprimand for his employee Mr. Incredible with "I'm not happy Bob, not happy", and indeed looks like he's never been happy once in his entire life.
* The albino ghost twins in ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded''. Probably to show that they're [[Uncanny Valley]] Guys. "We are getting aggravated." "Yes, we are." All the while utterly deadpan.
* Similarly, in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'', Data states how he feels about a drink in Ten-Forward, [[Justified Trope|justified]] because he had just installed his emotion chip:
{{quote|'''Data''' ''(gleefully)'':Yes! I ''hate'' this! It is ''revolting!''
'''Guinan''': More?
'''Data''': Please! }}
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Revenge of the Sith]]'': "[[Strangled by the Red String|Anakin, you're]] breaking my heart."
** Ironically, Anakin probably did need to be told, and he still didn't get it.
*** In the [[Novelization]], he got it after she told him. [[If I Can't Have You|He just didn't care]].
** Pretty much the prequels in general: "I don't like sand."
** "I'm overwhelmed," [[Flat Joy|said in the same vacant tone one might use when choosing a plastic bag over a paper one]].
* Parodied in ''[[Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby]]'': After Ricky checks to see that there are tickets saved for the ''extremely'' unlikely chance that his father will come to the race, the guy at the ticket counter remarks to a co-worker, "That's the saddest thing I ever seen in my life, y'all! That boy leaves two tickets for his daddy at every race and he never shows up... The human heart is ''such'' a mystery."
** Note that the two workers at the counter decide to hock the tickets immediately afterwards.
* A perfectly sensible example occurs at the end of the first [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] movie. After all, it's the first thing Barbossa has felt in ''ten years''.
{{quote|'''Barbossa:''' "I ''feel''...cold..."}}
* This is probably Dug's defining trait in ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]:'' "I do not like the cone of shame." [[Justified Trope|Not that you can expect much nuance out of a]] ''[[Justified Trope|dog]]'' [[Justified Trope|or anything]].
** Also justified as an artifact of the computer translation of what the dog is -- ''[[Running Gag|Squirrel!!]]''
* ''[[The Producers]]'': "I'm hysterical! And I'm wet!"
** [Slap] "I'm in pain! I'm in PAIN, and I'm WET, and I'm STILL HYSTERICAL!"
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' has the line "I'm cold, I'm wet and I'm just plain scared!"
* ''[[Sin City]]'': "I can only express puzzlement, that borders on alarm."
* Unfortunately, the only line most people know from ''[[Network]]'' is the end of Howard Beale's rant: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
** And that wasn't him expressing his own feelings (at least, not directly), but what he was instructing the viewers to do.
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' in the sketch of the cook he says "And it makes me feel so mad!"
** And in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'', a peasant who doesn't want to go on the cart of dead plague victims tries to convince everyone that he's just fine: "I feel happy! I feel happy!"
* From ''[[Twins]]'': "For the first time in my life I... PISSED OFF!"
* Rare dramatic example: in the film ''Manhattan'', Mariel Hemingway's line "Now I don't feel so good" is delivered with such innocence that it's just heart-breaking.
* [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Actually used very well]] in ''[[The Godfather]]''. "Only don't tell me you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence. And makes me very angry." Michael Corleone shows no anger while delivering this line, instead exhibiting a cold lack of emotion that makes the line very sinister and somewhat chilling.
* In ''[[Mickey Blue Eyes]]'', a woman who had been left at the altar isn't dealing with it well. She keeps saying "I'm so happy for you!" while breaking down and crying.
* [[Ice Queen|Miss White]] in ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' has trouble even describing the emotion, and stumbles through metaphor.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8d8y4BLWtI Madeline Kahn's delivery is priceless.]
* ''[[Gladiator]]'' has a particularly silly example from Emperor Commodus. "It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed." A deleted scene does give a little more weight to this scene, however, since we see that just before saying this, Commodus had been in a rage and hacked at a statue of his father with a sword for a good long time. At least in that form it would have shown how, just below the surface, Commodus was becoming more and more unhinged and his behavior was erratic.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Signs]]'':
{{quote|'''Graham''': Ahh! I'm insane with anger!}}
* In one scene of ''[[A Cinderella Story]]'', Fiona told her daughters she was upset. When one of the daughters told her she didn't seem to be upset, she said it was because of botox.
* Played with in ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]] 3''. Disguised as {{spoiler|Dewey}}, the killer has a phone conversation with {{spoiler|Jennifer Jolie's bodyguard}} while {{spoiler|he's looking through Dewey's trailer}}. When he insults "{{spoiler|Dewey}}" over the phone, the killer responds with "That makes me... angry!" (with a definitive emphasis of rage on that last word), while bursting in and stabbing {{spoiler|him}} in the back.
* "Oh, [[Black Dynamite]]. I'm ''so'' happy."
* Happens frequently in ''Let Me In'', the remake of ''[[Let the Right One In]]''.


== Literature ==
* Malicia uses this trope frequently in the [[Discworld]] book ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents''. Justified because [[Genre Savvy|she believes that her life is a story]] - and she's [[Wrong Genre Savvy|not a very good storyteller]].
* [[Twilight (novel)|Stephenie Meyer]] has about the same knack for giving characters depth as [[Star Wars|George Lucas]].
* Laurell K. Hamilton doesn't seem to understand if you use first-person narration, the reader knows the character's thoughts and feelings without them having to announce it. Whereas [[Anita Blake]] will think something, then [[Face Palm|voice her thoughts to everyone in the room]].
** This style carries over to the comics, which can include Anita's description of someone who is clearly visible in the comic, even in that very panel.
* Not anger, but ''[[Animorphs]]'' has a funny one when our taciturn [[Proud Warrior Race]] alien, Ax, first smells a skunk.
{{quote|"I believe the smell is causing me to become deranged," Ax said calmly. "I may have to run away in panic."}}
* There is a ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' in the "Lessons from the Hundred-Acre Wood" series titled ''[http://pooh.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Your_Words Use Your Words]''. In this book, Kanga encourages Roo to use his words to express how he feelings instead of keeping his feelings bottled up inside. Sample dialogue: "If you have something to tell me or want to share how you're feeling, please use your words, Roo." "I'm mad because I had to come back inside!" "All right. But you still need to wear your scarf."
* [[Planet of Hats|A species trait of the Martians]] in S.M. Stirling's ''In The Courts of the Crimson Kings''. A woman asks if her ragtag hired crew fears her, and they reply, "We fear you exceedingly, even unto the relaxation of sphincters." Martians who are pissed off mutter things like, "Extreme annoyance!" It's hilarious and surprisingly effective.
* Justified with [[Tortall Universe|Keladry of Mindelan]] as she hide her emotions so thoroughly that even saying she's angry shocks her friends.


== Live Action TV ==
* Ross Geller in ''[[Friends]]'' when on sedatives for anger-management issues. "Oh, this is not good for my rage."
* One episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' had a subplot revolving around the fact that JD's current girlfriend was essentially flawless - [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup|except that, when she was amused by something, she'd say, "That's SO funny!", instead of laughing, which drove him so far up the wall]] [[Up to Eleven|he crossed the ceiling, went down the other wall, and came out in China]].
{{quote|'''JD:''' "You know what's funny, Turk? She's not saying "That's so sad," she's ACTUALLY crying."
'''Turk:''' "You're an IDIOT."
'''JD:''' "Yes I am." }}
** Also when Jordan got botox and tried to smile Dr. Cox had to guess her emotion. Jordan did this after her neighbor's son called her "ma'am."
** [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|The exact same thing was done in]] ''[[Seinfeld]]''.
*** George is getting upset!
* Done humorously in ''[[Boy Meets World]]''. Harley Kiner, [[The Bully]], was supposed to be tough and emotionless, so whenever some sort of event would happen, he would state his reactions to them by saying, [[Delusions of Eloquence|"I am hysterical" or "I am distraught."]]
* ''Top Ground Gear Force'', the gardening special for Sports Relief hosted by the presenters of ''[[Top Gear]]''; "I'm unspeakably angry at you," James May tells Clarkson, sounding a bit put out. Being a British show, this may have been combined with a bit of [[Understatement]] and [[Stiff Upper Lip]].
** Ridiculously, that is actually how we express anger over here. At least on TV.
* Possibly [[Justified Trope|justified]] as the closing gag in an episode of ''[[Will and Grace]]''. Will obtained botox treatments in his face in an attempt to appear younger. Of course, botox works as a paralyzing agent ([[Rule of Funny|basically]]), so when Grace arrived to boast of some accomplishment, [[Deadpan Snarker|Will]]'s [[Dull Surprise|expressionless delivery]] of "I'm so happy for you" was taken for [[Sarcasm Mode]]. Grace promptly stormed out, which caused Will to sit back down with the same look.
* Likewise in ''[[Sex and the City]]'': Candice Bergen's character announces "I am so angry right now" with a blank facial expression. Not only has it been established that she's had botox, but this line is actually a callback to early in the episode when Samantha goes for a botox treatment and the nurse warns her that, because of her reduced facial expressiveness, she'll have to explicitly announce her emotions.
{{quote|'''Nurse:''' Some patients have said they found it difficult to register emotion on their faces after the procedure. So you may have to say things like, 'I am so angry right now.'}}
* On an episode of ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Smackdown'' leading into ''Wrestlemania 25'', [[The Undertaker]] comments on the fact that the other wrestlers have gone from quaking in fear of him to seeking him out to prove themselves: "This... displeases me."
* Kai, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', often uses a That Makes Me Feel Angry followed by [[Catch Phrase|"My face shows it, doesn't it?"]] Of course, since he doesn't seem to have a normal range of emotions ([[Slasher Smile|smiling evilly most of the time]])...
* [[Lampshaded]] in an episode of ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' when the agent says "What's that emotion that makes you go 'RRRRRRRR'?"
* Illyria of ''[[Angel]]'' often demonstrates this. Being an [[Eldritch Abomination|ancient demon]] bound into the body of a human, she lacks the understanding of human expressions and even the underlying emotions, making her unable to emote properly.
* [[Jerkass Woobie|Vorenus]] on ''[[Rome]]''. "It saddens me that you are unhappy, because I have a deep affection for you." He says this to his wife while wearing his [[Mangst|Glower of Emotional Inadequacy]], which is subtly distinct from his [[Not So Above It All|Glower of Doing What He's Got to Do]], [[Black and Grey Morality|Glower of Moral Disgust]], [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene|Contemplative Glower]], [[Kubrick Stare|Glower of Pure Rage]], and [[The Gump|Glower of Realizing Something Is Occurring Which Will Turn the Tide of History]].
* [[Frasier]], in damn near every episode. It makes sense though, since two of the main characters are psychiatrists, leading them to constantly discuss their feelings with each other, as well as encouraging everyone else to do the same. Frasier himself, being particularly self-absorbed, brings this trope to staggering heights.
{{quote|[[Large Ham|I AM WOUNDED!]]}}
* One of the symptoms of [[Fawlty Towers|Basil Fawlty]]'s [[Comedic Sociopathy]] was to announce "I'm so happy!" while grinning like a skull [[Implausible Deniability|in the mistaken belief that he was fooling anyone]].
** Another example of Cleese doing this can be found in the "Dirty Fork" sketch in Monty Python
{{quote|'''[[Large Ham|John Cleese]]:''' ''[[You Bastard|You bastards]]!'' You vicious, heartless bastards! Look what you've done to him! He's worked his fingers to the bone to make this place what it is, and you come in with your petty, feeble quibbling and you grind him into the dirt! This fine, honorable man whose boots you are but worthy to kiss! ''[[[Beat]]]'' Oh, it makes me mad.}}
* [[Played for Laughs|Played]] [[For the Evulz]] by [[Psychopathic Manchild|the Master]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
{{quote|You see, I'm not making myself very clear. "Funny" is like this:
: D
"Not funny" is like this:
>: (
And right now, I'm not like
: D
I'm like
>: ( }}
** Best description of that scene ever!
* This trope made for one of the world's most favorite [[Narm]] moments in a [[Very Special Episode]] of [[Saved by the Bell]], when Jessie, having become addicted to caffeine pills, starts singing "I'm So Excited" (itself an example of this trope, see below), and it ends up "I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so... so scared!"
* Used rather pointedly by Mal in [[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]] when Zoe and Wash's marital disputes started getting on his nerves.
{{quote|"Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And I'm armed.]]"}}
* [[Red Dwarf|Mr. Flibble's very cross]]
* Done by Ninjor in the [[Mighty Morphing Power Rangers]]. "Evil makes me so angry. It just burns me up!" Cue a shapeshifting into a [[Badass]] form
* Anya of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' does this frequently, especially when she's first turned into a human. For example, when she finds out that she's winning the board game ''Life'' she says, "Oh, I'm so pleased!"
* Done several times on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' to great comedic effect.
{{quote|'''Colin Mochrie:''' I'm feisty!}}
* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'': One episode had Malcolm's grandmother drugging a wealthy man to get him [[Gold Digger|to marry her]]. When her family found out, she drugged them so they'd not interfere. While under the effect of the drugs, Malcolm revealed he had pierced his tongue. His mother said she'd punish him as soon as the drugs wear off (until then, she didn't seem upset). {{spoiler|Don't worry about the rich man. The drugs on him wore off just when he was about to partake on the vows}}.
* Castiel in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', eating hamburgers: "These things make me ''very'' happy."
* One episode of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' concluded with Alan dressed in a [[Gay Nineties]] "barbershop quartet" outfit and handlebar moustache, staying in character (with an Italian accent!) as he reacted to various real-world (within the episode) incidents: [[Just a Stupid Accent|"I'm-a so happy!"..."I'm-a so sad!"]]


== Machinima ==
* Caboose does this a few times in ''[[Red vs. Blue]]''.
{{quote|'''Caboose:''' Now I am thinking about Kittens... Kittens covered in ''spikes''... That makes me ''angry.''
* primal scream as he jumps into a fight and slaughters everyone* }}


== Music ==
* Ivor Cutler, one of the quirkiest men to have ever lived, sang a song that tells you he is happy in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231073313/http://elbo.ws/video/H5fA184R6EA/ the funniest way possible.]
* Lots and lots of songs. Those with uh...[[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|negative themes,]] especially.
* "I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!" [[Captain Obvious|Now what do you suppose the artist is trying to convey with these lyrics?]]


== New Media ==
* [http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/05/01/funny-pictures-i-haz-a-mad-you-iz-it I haz a mad. You iz it].
* One prominent stand-up comedian (whose name I can't remember) parodied this. Something along the lines of "Why do girls say 'I'm gonna cry!', and then cry, but not say 'I'm gonna laugh', and then laugh"
* Towards the end of ''[[Suburban Knights]]'', (the third anniversary special for the [[That Guy With The Glasses]] website) there's a huge battle with many participants, one of whom is a witch [[Shock and Awe|launching lightning bolts all over the place]]. {{spoiler|[[That Dude in the Suede|Suede]]}} calmly walks over to her and quietly says "I find that very vexing" before knocking her out with [[One Hit KO|a single punch]].


== Theater and Opera ==
* [[William Shakespeare]] in ''[[Henry V]]'' has King Henry say "I was not angry since I came to France/Until this instant" when he sees a bunch of [[Moral Event Horizon|slaughtered boys.]]
** Fully [[Justified Trope|justified]] in Shakespeare's time—modern acting (where we actually, y'know, act) didn't exist until the 19th century. Before that, "acting" consisted of standing up on stage in a costume to denote various characters and reading lines off the script—often in a monotone. Think of all the times in high school English where the class had to read from the play and you'll soon realise why Shakespeare had his characters saying their emotions out loud.
* Happens in too many [[opera]]s to count. Of course, rather than saying "I'm happy," characters will be singing "Sono felice," but it's the same idea.
* Act II of ''[[Into the Woods]]'' opens with the main characters singing about how perfectly happy they are—mostly to set up the ''huge'' subversion of [[Happily Ever After]] that immediately follows. They are arguably not perfectly happy even in that song; it's strongly implied that they are trying to convince themselves they are by repeating it over and over again.
* In [[The Musical]] ''High Spirits'' (an adaptation of ''Blithe Spirit''), Charles pulls out a record his [[Cute Ghost Girl|recently-returned-as-a-ghost]] wife played on their wedding night and finds she doesn't remember it. She claims "it's all coming back" to her, but Charles tells her, "It isn't, and I'm upset."
* In the sequel to [[A Very Potter Musical]], A Very Potter Sequel, Harry screams, "I'M IN A RAGE! THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!"
* In ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', this is the nurse's reaction to being teased by Mercutio: "Now, afore me, I am so vexed that every part about me quivers, scurvy knave."


== Video Games ==
* "...And it makes me violently angry..." as spoken by John Marston from [[Red Dead Redemption]], to Irish when discussing how whiskey affects the brain.
* From ''[[Cave Story]]'', Misery's "Heavens, that felt good!" {{spoiler|after dumping Balrog into the Labyrinth.}}
* The third verse of the bizarre boss fight/opera hybrid in ''[[Conker's Bad Fur Day]]'' begins with the line "now I'm really getting rather mad" (subsequent lines unprintable).
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' has the HK-50s' prefixes, such as "Mocking Query:" or "Condescending Statement:". HK-47 does this as well, but to a lesser extent, as he doesn't use adjectives.
** Usually because HK-47 is the [[Straight Man]] to the HK-50's [[Comic Relief]]. HK-47 can go on and on about philosophy with only a "Statement:" or two thrown in, but the HK-50s get more and more ridiculous as the game goes on, from "Condescending Explanation" up to "Unnecessary Statement" and "Ineffectual Command" (the last two from cut content, sadly).
*** It gets to the point where the HK-50s actually start undermining themelves, such as by preceding an explanation of events with "[[Blatant Lies|Fabrication:]]".
* "I have fury!", Fawful's famous [[Engrish]] catchphrase in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', in which the elcor race always states the tone of their statement before speaking. For example, "Delighted surprise. I greet you". This is because among their own race, most of the communication is done via pheromones and body language too subtle for other races to detect. Their voices are always in a sort of dull monotone. When you hear elcor talking in background conversations, they don't preface their words.
** Also, because it's Bioware, at least partly a [[Shout-Out]] to HK-47 above.
** In-universe, there was an all-Elcor run of ''[[Hamlet]]''.
** "Wait, did you hack your translator so you could control your kinetic language processing?" "With a sincerity such that skepticism would be deeply insulting: no."
** Also "With barely contained terror: You drive a hard bargain, human."
* When you defeat Anubis in your second encounter with him in ''[[Metal Combat]]: Falcon's Revenge'', he shouts "You have succeeded in making me ''angry!''" as his body is exploding. A few seconds later, [[One-Winged Angel|he gets a brand new one]], and you have to fight him all over again.
* Losing in the Meltokio Coliseum with Raine in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' will have her reply "This does not make me happy."
** Likewise, when Colette goes into overlimit, her response will be "I'm mad now."
* In a ''[[Warcraft]] III'' cinematic, Malfurion Stormrage says "That angers me greatly" when he sees [[The Undead|Scourge]] forces tearing down the forest around his home. He can be forgiven, though, seeing that he just woke up from a 10,000-year nap.
** Given the game itself, the only way to express anger is vocally, and Furion is supposed to be [[The Stoic]], so it wouldn't fit easily without looking odd. He really does get angry in the expansion, and this time it's more natural.
*** He's still not exempt from this. An example is "The pain is... excruciating!" said in an unnaturally bored tone of voice.
* Raging Raven in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''. See, they already had Screaming Mantis, so instead of just shrieking incoherently, Raven has to fly around telling everyone how angry she is. "Rage! ''RAAAAGE!''"
** There's also The Cobra's from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. The Pain says "Pain" anytime you shoot him, The Fear announces his fear after you beat him, The End says "The end" anytime he sneaks up on you (which doesn't count unless [[Oh Crap]] counts as an emotion), The Sorrow tells us how sad he is. The only one exempt from this is The Fury.
** The infamous [[Blind Idiot Translation|Engrish]] translation of the original [[Metal Gear]] game features guards which, to let you know they were about to [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|fall asleep at their posts]], would shout "I'M GETTING SLEEPY!!", followed by "I FEEL ASLEEP!!" to announce that they were, in fact, asleep and safe to sneak past.
** Whether you find it a [[Tear Jerker]] or [[Narm]]tastic, Psycho Mantis' final words are to declare how  {{spoiler|helping someone for the first time}} [[Good Feels Good|feels nice.]]
* Agent Superball from Telltale's ''[[Sam and Max]]'' series of games:
{{quote|"I'm sorry. I'm gushing."
"I'm crying from the inside." }}
** In this case, played for laughs because he's [[The Stoic|a Secret Service agent]]. He actually ''does'' break his emotionless demeanor once, when the duo are trying to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|fix Bosco]] using time travel; even forty-ish years ago, Stinky's is well known for it's food, and Superball is frankly shocked that the president would go someplace as lowbrow as ''that''.
* In ''[[Star Control]] 2'', the Utwig's culture is built around this concept. They have a tendency to state their emotions ([[The Eeyore|"You find us in a state of moderate depression instead of our normal cycle of self-destructive tendencies."]]) And instead of expressing their emotions, they wear [[Cool Mask|masks]] to represent them, such as the Expression of Ultimate Gratitude, the Mask of Rampant Jubilation and Jumping With Ecstatic Glee, and, of course, the Mask of Ultimate Embarrassment and Shame. They believe that physical expression of emotions holds them back from achieving a higher level of civilization, and therefore attempt to repress it.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] II'', after all of the crap Roxas had to endure, he finally confronts DiZ. By this time, Roxas is pissed-off and exhausted, but what line does he deliver? "I hate you ''so'' much!"
** A worse example is later on when Sora meets  {{spoiler|Riku, who has the form of Xehanort's Heartless}}. "[[Narm|Thinking about all the things you did makes me really mad]]."
** Makes it [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you remember DiZ telling Roxas to "share some of that hatred with Sora"  {{spoiler|before Roxas and Sora "become whole."}}
* Interesting version shows up in ''[[Ar tonelico]]''. Not so much as the game itself as the game's [[Fictionary]]; the language of Hymmnos places heavy emphasis on emotions or emotional state.
** Considering the discrepancies between what Reyvateils say outside and in their Cosmosphere, and what you have to do for them to be able to craft new songs, this is less this trope and more of them needing to be able to express their feelings better.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''. For a particularly noticeable example, try wearing different masks as Child Link and talking to Saria.
** Also, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'', this forms one of Ghirahim's more memorable lines (with excitable bouts of spontaneous teleportation):
{{quote|'''Ghirahim:''' ''[Zelda] was nearly ours when that loathsome servant of the goddess snatched her away. Do you have any idea how that made me feel inside? Furious! Outraged! (teleports) Sick with anger!''}}
* Fujin from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', though it's all part of her shouty monosyllabic schtick.
* One of the responses to a successful taunt in [[Morrowind]] is "That makes me... angry".
* A line characters may speak in [[The Elder Scrolls Four|Oblivion]]: "Your presence annoys me."
* In ''[[Touhou Project|Subterranean Animism]]'', Parsee introduces herself to Reimu (and [[Mission Control|Yukari]]) by [[Dissonant Serenity|cheerfully chatting]] about [[Green-Eyed Monster|how dreadfully jealous she is of everything and everybody]]. This, like everything else in ''Touhou'' fandom, gets [[Flanderization|exaggerated]] by the fandom, often to the point where she rarely speaks about anything else.
** Komeiji Satori from the same game turns this around by telling other people what they're thinking or feeling, whether they mind it said or not. This bothers Marisa more than it does Reimu, the latter even goading Satori to read the bullet patterns she's going to use against her.
* Taizo during the opening cutscene of [[Dig Dug]]: Digging Strike.
{{quote|'''NPC:''' I need to talk to Susumu.
'''Taizo:''' Listen here, Im Taizo Hori, I handled the Dig Du...
'''NPC:''' There's no time! I must talk to Susumu!
'''Taizo:''' Are you trying to make a fool of me? You've never heard of Taizo Hori?
'''NPC:''' No I haven't, please! you must get me to Susumu!
'''Taizo:''' Hmph! ''Now I'm angry!'' }}
* [[Super Mario 64|"It makes me so mad!"]]


== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'':
** The Prince from ''[[Prince of Persia]]: [[Darker and Edgier|Warrior Within]]'' "[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/12/03 smolders with generic rage]".
** Also, Gabe wishes he could [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/4/9/ hate you to death.]
* ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/05/22/episode-849-wherein-no-ones-power-level-is-9000/ "Your continued attacks fill me with equal parts rage and anger."]
* ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' has an instance similar to the ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' example in [http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20080112.html this strip.]
* This ''[[Achewood]]'' comic: http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=06212002
* The [[The Woobie|excruciatingly insecure]] Tavros Nitram from [[Homestuck]] eventually tries to get some self-confidence. Unfortunately, he thinks this means constantly stating how confident he is and that what he is saying and doing is exactly what a confident person would say and do.
* ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'' has an eagle who is [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2011/04/14/0262-predator-and-prey/ "sad and a little bit angry."]
* ''Critical Miss'' of ''[[The Escapist]]'' has this beautiful bit of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903043920/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8820-Critical-Miss-Mass-Effect fanfiction.] It is, of course, a little context-sensitive.

== Web Original ==
* Sung merrily by Randy of[[Manwhores]]: "Broken heart. Sad feelings. Suicidal tendencies, are on my mind. I'm gonna kill myself. Doo, doo, dee, doo, I'm gonna kill myself." during his emotional downward spiral, before engaging in an incredibly transparent [[I Have This Friend]] dialogue with a sympathetic bartender.
* Captain Hammer, in [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]: "Oh, I'm in pain! I think this is what pain feels like!"
* The "angry gorilla" in ''Auto-Tune the News'' on [[YouTube]], while not acting very angry, continuously expresses verbally how angry he is.
* The titular [[The Irate Gamer|Irate Gamer]] does this constantly. Arguably justified due to his poor acting making his "anger" sound like indifference or even boredom.

== Western Animation ==
* Used constantly in ''[[Care Bears]]: Adventures in Care-a-lot''. Granted, the show is partially to help children learn to deal with their emotions, but that doesn't make it any less annoying.
** ''[[Ni Hao, Kai-Lan]]'' uses in the exact same way, for the exact same reason.
* Played with in ''[[Chowder]]''. Truffles ones has to resort to telling everyone that she's angry because she had her voice changed by a radio dial thing and her new voice ''never'' sounds anything but calm.
* Cartoon character Droopy does this all the time. ("You know what? I'm happy.") [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that it's the only way to tell when he ''is'' happy. And because... well, because [[Rule of Funny|it's funny]].
** Parodied in a few cartoons, where Droopy would deliver this line after showing a traditional exaggerated response, like jumping around shouting "Yahoo!" after receiving a massive reward for catching an escaped convict.
** And if you ever hear him say "[[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|You know what? That makes me mad,]]" head for the hills, because his [[Berserk Button]] has been hit.
* The [[Uncanceled|ex-finale]] of ''[[Futurama]]'' had Fry compose an opera in which the characters did exactly this. This prompted the above reaction from the Robot Devil.
** It was used straight in an earlier Valentine's Day episode where alien conqueror Lrrr sampled a bag of candy hearts, and received one with the word "wuv" written on it: "This concept of 'wuv' confuses and infuriates us!" Then again, Lrrr ''always'' sounds and [[Perpetual Frowner|looks angry]] about something...
** ''Futurama'' seems to like this trope (usually making fun of it). In "Bendless Love", Bender bends Professor Farnsworth's back multiple ways, with position he's in for most of the episode leaving him unusually happy, presumably due to blood flow pooling in the back of his brain. At the end when he's asked to bend him back to normal, he actually ends up bending him even more, resulting in Professor Farnsworth stating, "I'm sad now."
** "Morbo is pleased, but sticky."
** "Would a big, hallucinatin' baby do THIS?" -cries and whimpers- "I'm scared!"
** Calculon at the end of "Bend Her": "your death fills me with sorrow, ANGER, fear, every emotion an actor can display." (he [[Large Ham|over-acts each emotion]] as he says it).
*** Calculon also at one point completely deadpans the line "I'm filled with a large number of powerful emotions", though this was for a scene on ''All My Circuits''.
** "As a robot, I have no human emotions, and that makes me feel sad."
** Done throughout the entire episode of "I Second That Emotion".
** "I am literally angry with rage!"
** "I'm as angry as I've ever been!"
** Farnsworth does this twice in "The Sting." First, after Leela blames herself for Fry's death, he pats her on the back, tells her it's not her fault, then turns to the others and announces "I'm lying to make her feel better!" Then when Leela starts to think Fry's alive and insists he's "still out there," Farnsworth tries to wisecrack, "Of course he is... As a frozen corpse in outer space! Ohohoho! Oho, oh... now I made myself sad."
** "Fry stood me up and died? I'm so angry! I mean, I'm so sad. But I'm still angry! But also sad. Can I be both?...Then that's what I am!"
* ''[[American Dad]]'' did this once. Francine walks in and is alerted to a zany scheme that Stan has been up to, but gives no reaction whatsoever. Klaus is amazed that she is taking the news remarkably well to which she responds:
{{quote|"Oh, I'm filled with rage. It's just that the Botox has left my face paralyzed. Am I scowling now? I want to be scowling."}}
* Marvin the Martian [[Catch Phrase|often says "You have made me very angry! * huff, puff* Very angry indeed!"]] Understandable, as it's often things that would prevent you from seeing the expression on his already hard to see face like... being disintegrated. Also, his voice doesn't emote... even after having been disintegrated.
** Once he said, "I'm not angry. Just [[Literal Metaphor|very, very, hurt]]."
** This was immediately after a rocket ship from Earth had literally crashed into the telescope he was looking through, and he pulled himself out of the debris.
* ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' TV series saw fit to write a song called: "I feel so happy." Unfortunately, someone at the studio thought it would be a good idea to make it a ''recurring'' song.
* ''[[Mission Hill]]'' has an internal example, when the gay neighbors Wally and Gus reveal they fell in love during the filming of a movie. Wally, the director, cast Gus as an alien robot. But since Gus only has one facial expression, he had to make it obvious when he was angry by... installing two lights on his costume that went from [[Morality Dial|"Calm"]] to "Angry!" Needless to say, the movie would have made [[Ed Wood (creator)|Ed Wood]] proud, even curing a depressed man's sadness!
* In the ''[[Peanuts]]'' TV special "He's a Bully, Charlie Brown", Peppermint Patty says "My jealousy has overcome my reason!".
** Made especially [[Narm]]tastic by the delivery of the child actor.
*** Which is what makes it even funnier, because you know that the child has ''no'' idea what they're actually talking about, they're just repeating the lines they were told to say.
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Mobile Homer." The made-for-TV movie that Marge watches is practically nothing but That Makes Me Feel Angry moments. And since it was a parody of [[Lifetime Movie of the Week|Lifetime movies of the week]], that just makes it funnier.
** The episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow" features a low-budget Christmas movie entitled "The Christmas that Almost Wasn't But then Was" in which a smiling elf walks onscreen only to declare "I'm happy" before walking off-screen again.
** In "Hurricane Neddy", as Ned Flanders is [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|chewing out his neighbors]], he turns to Bart:
{{quote|'''Bart:''' Hey, back off, man!
'''Ned:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Okay,]] [[Totally Radical|duuuuuuuude! I wouldn't want you to have a cow, maaaaaaaaaan.]] Here's a catchphrase you better learn for your adult years: "Hey, buddy, '''''GOT A QUARTER?'''''"!
(''everyone gasps'')
'''Bart:''' I am shocked and appalled. }}
** Employed masterfully by mobster Fat Tony, who is so obsessed with coming off as [[Wicked Cultured]] that he articulates his every thought in absurdly precise language - and boy, is it ever chilling. ("I am not so much disappointed, as I am ''blinded by rage''.")
* Pretty much the entire point of [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8kU_CQGWBsU "The Transporters"], a series of animations designed to help autistic children read facial expressions and understand the causes of emotions.
** Seems clearly inspired by ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'', which is also popular with autistic children for similar reasons. The engines' emotions are always easy to read.
* When ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' foe Magneto gets angry, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkc_Myyye20 things] [[Memetic Mutation|begin to happen!]]
* [[Project G.e.e.K.e.R.|Project GeeKeR]] had a [[The Stoic|Stoic]] [[Big Bad]] that spoke in an even monotone most of the time, with no difference between normal speaking, "I'm filled with utter joy", and "I am furious, gentlemen. Positively livid."
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'': Egon, at Winston's birthday party, deadpans to him "I just want to let you know... I'm having a wonderful time."
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' plays it straight ''twice'' in the course of ''a minute'' in ''Misty Island Rescue''. Thomas tells the engines how losing [[MacGuffin|an important bit of cargo]] "makes me feel badly," and Sir Topham Hatt says, when he enters, "that makes me cross."
* Word for word by Superboy in ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''. As a [[Younger Than He Looks|six month old]] [[Cloning Blues|clone]] he's not very good at expressing his emotions.
* Mad Stan in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' at one point offers "Now I'm REALLY mad!" during a fight with Batman. In case you somehow couldn't tell by the 5+ minute fight scene he'd already been through and his constant rantings against the evils of information.
* Inverted in ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' for the episode "Sven Höek", where Ren announces "I'm so angry" and describes various horrible things he's going to do to Stimpy and Sven, all in a semi-insane happy tone of voice.


== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]], at least, in the case of the business world. Calmly stating what you feel is one of the recommended ways to express your negative feelings if you're in a meeting, complete with an explanation of why you are feeling angry, so that the situation can be quickly defused before the discussion gets [[It Got Worse|derailed]] from emotional outbursts.
** The same is true for healthy and communicative romantic relationships, where calmly explicit expression of one's hurt feelings is preferred to cryptic allusions or overly dramatic acts of retribution.
** Here is where this trope overlaps with [[Armchair Psychology]].
** And ''here'' is where this trope overlaps with [[Deadpan Snarker]].
** On the other hand, showing no emotion what so ever (or at least making the attempt not to), and speaking in very precise and polite language to acknowledge what a manager is saying can be very ''very'' worrying to some managers.
** Some mental disorders cause sufferers to not display emotions, so they have to verbally state what they are feeling if they want others to know. Learning disabilities can also cause this; a not uncommon trait of [[Aspergers Syndrome|autistic people]] is to regularly ask people to just flat out state, in terms as simple and unambiguous as "I feel angry" because they don't trust themselves not to misinterpret subtlety or hints at what emotion is being expressed/felt by the subject.
* Nonviolent Communication's 4 steps: "I hear that you call me a liar. I'm angry because my need for trust isn't met. Is it okay for you to explain to me why you think I lied?". Or so...
* A significant amount of Real-Life use of this trope, at least in the United States, is the result of the increases in popularity of psychotherapy in the 1970s and 1980s, many forms of which involved calm, emotionless statements about one's emotions ("I'm feeling some anger around this issue.") This is especially common among the relatively affluent population, because the working-class population was less likely to be in a position to pay for therapy.
* While it does seem strange telling someone how you feel, it seems even more strange when you ''sign'' it. At least in Swedish sign language (which is the one I've studied), facial expressions are extremely important, and you typically don't even mention a certain feeling without making a matching expression.
** Although most cultures have at least one [[Flipping the Bird|commonly used hand gesture]] that suggests anger and contempt.
*** This is common amongst all sign languages, and it's not just emotions; there are a wide variety of statements that need an accompanying facial expression. This is because, as sign language doesn't use the spoken word, they don't have tone of voice to gather people's moods from, so they have to use facial expressions. This can feel extremely silly and unnatural to a hearing person learning the language, but to sign language users it is all part and parcel of the language! The feeling of embarrassment does go away eventually: as you get more used to using it and you become more involved in the Deaf Community, you realise everyone's doing the same as you. Sorry, got a bit sidetracked there, my point is that as facial expressions in sign language are used in the same manner as tone of voice is in speech. It is less an example of this trope than it is a part of the grammar of the language.
* It is often advised to talk this way around small children and encourage them to talk this way, because they may have difficulty reading and expressing emotion.
** Same deal with people with Asperger's Syndrome or some other kind of autistic spectrum disorder. Most of them will actually use this trope themselves so as to avoid having any confusion caused by misreading of their ways of showing emotions.
* While this can be useful in certain situations, there's a reason this trope and so many others are noted to be considered creepy on [[The Other Tropes Wiki]] (namely, [[Self-Demonstrating Article|they're creepy in fiction because they're creepy in real life]]). To take an example at random, when Sartin and MacLennon reviewed FATAL, one of the first things they mentioned was the clinical, unemotional, wannabe-professional attitude the creator adopted on message boards when discussing the game, and how unsettling they found it (which is both describing an example of this trope, and an example in and of itself-my head's starting to spin). You know what they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
* A common problem with political cartoons, as noted in [http://www.cracked.com/article_18680_political-cartoons-lowest-form-communication.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback this Cracked article].
* Psychologists recommend this to deal with your negative emotions. Letting out your anger by, say, hitting your pillow is actually a destructive activity—it just increases your anger and makes it last longer, and it makes you more critical of the person you were mad at in the first place. Stating that you're angry and doing something constructive to solve the problem is the healthiest way to deal with anger.

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