Cooldown Hug



The best way to calm down someone having a meltdown or having their Berserk Button pressed is to hug them, regardless of how much danger and the hugger puts themselves into the huggee.

Often overlaps with the "I Know You're in There Somewhere" and sometimes counts between the love interest and the main hero like Betty and the Hulk.

Often serves something of a dual purpose, in some cases not only is the person trying to use The Power of Love, they're also trying to pin their arms down, so their rampage will end. This prevent for heroes from going towards a much darker path.

Examples

 * Betty Ross is the only woman who calms the hulk, because she knows that Bruce is still in there and don't want her father to kill him.


 * Justice League (2017): Superman has been brought Back from the Dead and is not happy, attacking the Justice League when they try to talk to him or restrain him. Then Lois Lane is brought on the scene. She hugs Superman tightly, urging him to just take them away from there. Sure enough Superman flies off with Lois, taking them to his home in Smallville where he's finally able to calm down.


 * In the animated movie We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, the dinosaurs have been brainwashed and turned evil, and the kid protagonists are able to change them back just by hugging them.


 * In Kingdom Hearts, after Sora has become a Heartless, Kairi saves him from the darkness by hugging him and telling him to come back to her.