History Main / AngstNuke

** Vegeta does this in the Majin Buu Saga when he self-destructs to (unsuccessfully) kill Majin Buu.

-->-- '''Yosemite Sam''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':

* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}:'' When her partner Angar the Screamer was hit and killed by a stray bullet, Screaming Mimi spent forty-three minutes screaming her head off in anguish. Which with her superpowers ended with a massive smoking crater filled with liquefied trees, and her vocal chords burnt out.

* In season 3 of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', [[spoiler:this is revealed to be the cause of [[ApocalypseHow the Burn]]. A Kelpien named Su'Kal was born after his mother was marooned on a planetoid made up of [[GreenRocks dilithium]], and his physiology became attuned to it due to being exposed to its radiation from such a young age. Unfortunately, his mother, being already an adult, wasn't able to adapt to the radiation and eventually died as a result. When Su'Kal discovered her body, he had a breakdown which, due to his unique physiology, caused all the dilithium in the galaxy to become momentarily inert. Since dilithium is used to regulate the matter-antimatter reaction that powers [[FasterThanLightTravel warp drive]], this led to [[StuffBlowingUp very unfortunate consequences]] for every vessel with an active warp core i.e. most of them. The resulting destruction, deaths, and reduction of interstellar travel due to lack of ships and fear of using warp in case of another Burn led to massive disruption of galactic society and the [[VestigialEmpire near-collapse]] of TheFederation.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Terry's Friend Dates a Robot" has Cynthia, the [[SexBot robot girlfriend]], being programmed to be "100% devoted" to Howard (the friend). Problem is she's so possessive that [[{{Yandere}} she'll attempt to murder anyone who gets in her way]], and when Howard tries to break things off with her, particularly when he says "LetsJustBeFriends", she gets so pissed off that she explodes, causing the entire house to go with her.

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* In Episode 17 of ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'', [[spoiler:Mimi Miney does this after being revealed in court, also as the result of MakeMeWannaShout]].

See also RageBreakingPoint, a merely ''metaphorical'' explosion of rage.

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->''"Daddy sent me to school, but things got weird''\\
''When the kids made fun of my long red beard''\\
''And OOOOOOOOOH! I blew my stack!"''

* In Episode 17 of the anime adaptation of ''Anime/AceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Mimi Miney does this after being revealed in court, also as the result of MakeMeWannaShout]].

* The backstory of the BonusBoss in ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is that he caused one of these [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil while being tortured]].

%%* Almost the whole plot of ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
%%* Mewtwo in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''.
* Lucille from ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' combines this with MacrossMissileMassacre whenever she gets upset. Big Cheese also blows up every time he gets really angry.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': [[spoiler: Sayaka's [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie witch transformation]]]] may count. While it doesn't kill anyone, it sends Kyoko and objects around her flying, [[spoiler: including Sayaka's own corpse]].
* ''Anime/HeroicAge'': Yuti La/Cervius flies into one of these when [[spoiler:she believes Karkinos has died]]. In her rage she creates a black hole the size of an entire ''solar system'', which comes extremely close to killing all remaining Nodos in existence.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' chapter 554, when [[HavingABlast Bambietta Basterbine]] discovers she's been talking to herself for the past few pages because her friends ran off somewhere when she wasn't looking, she becomes furious and releases a massive explosion around herself that takes out sizable a chunk of the surrounding area.
* How Meliodas from ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' became the Sin of Wrath. After Meliodas' love interest was killed before his eyes, his [[spoiler: demon blood]] ran out of control and created a gigantic explosion that wiped the kingdom of Danafor off the map alongside with the person responsible.
* In Episode 17 of the anime adaption of ''Anime/AceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Mimi Miney does this after being revealed in court, also as the result of MakeMeWannaShout]].
* For the world of ''Anime/{{Promare}}'', this is how the Burnish first awakened their powers, bursting uncontrollably into purple flames in a situation of intense anger. Shown inciting incidents include domestic abuse, major traffic jams, and your average online discussion.
* Kuromi in ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' once had to live with My Melody, whom Kuromi has made her archnemesis because of how much she ruins her life [[TheDitz on accident alone]]. On the second day, she absolutely snaps and craters her own house in a explosion that had CrossPoppingVeins and was bright enough for much of Mariland to see.
* In ''Literature/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'', [[spoiler:Édouard Snowflake gets fatally wounded in his battle with the demon onboard the train in Luxembourg. His younger sister Claris's powers build up as despair sets in, until she sorrowfully screams into the sky at which her energy unleashes in the form of libromancy magic, big enough to destroy the tunnel she's in]].
* ''Manga/CrimsonSpell'': When [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Vald]] thinks he's killed [[OfficialCouple Havi]], he unleashes a HowlOfSorrow that levels a castle.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': In a variation, the Red Hulk's body is always releasing an unnatural amount of heat. His body temperature rises with rage, so much so that he can cook vast stretches of land, but spending too much time in this state will weaken him.

* In ''ComicBook/WhiteSand'', when Praxton has his DyingMomentOfAwesome, he literally explodes with power with a roar of rage.

* ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'', when Celestia absorbs [[ShellShockedVeteran Marcus']] memories, she's so horrified by the war crimes she sees an evil alternate version of herself doing that she flies to "[[TheTunguskaEvent Ponguska, Sibearia]]" and has a cross-dimensional [[BadassBoast chat with her evil alter]] which culminated in an outstanding explosion of raw fury.

* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', Lo Pan's Storm bodyguard Thunder balloons himself in pure rage after his master is killed, then pops himself with his knife explosively to try and [[TakingYouWithMe take out Jack and Wang in the process]].
* In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Scarlet Witch senses [[spoiler:her twin brother Quicksilver die]] through telepathy, and a telekinetic blast wave issues from her that handily obliterates [[spoiler:all the Ultron mooks swarming her position]].
* In the [[Film/{{Carrie 2013}} 2013 adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', the title character's opening shot in her RoaringRampageOfRevenge is one of these, sending a furious psychic shockwave through the HighSchoolDance that bowls over everybody and everything inside. It's powerful enough to throw Heather face-first into the door to the gym, leaving a big, blood-stained crack in the window just in time for Sue to show up and witness it.

* Deliberately induced to an unstable telekinetic girl in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/AngelS02E04Untouched}} Untouched]]".
* This is one of the signs of the Hellmouth regaining power in the last season of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. It acts as a LiteralGenie to the kids in the high school built on top of it, so one of them says they're so stressed they think they might explode, one can imagine what happens shortly after...

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Fei lets off one of these in the beginning of the game, under severe stress.
* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', [[PersonOfMassDestruction Asura]], who already draws power from rage, [[SuperpowerMeltdown absolutely loses it]] and undergoes one of these when [[spoiler: the little girl and the village he's been trying to protect are destroyed by Olga]]. The result is Asura literally [[BurningWithAnger burning with anger]] as he [[OneManArmy massacres an entire space fleet with it]].
* In ''Star Wars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed 2'' (Wii version), Starkiller unleashes an enormous explosion of the Force on the bridge of a cruiser about to hit Kamino's planetary shield generator, essentially blowing up the entire cruiser and shield generator, along with a good portion of the city and cloning facilities. Starkiller soon afterwards travels through the remains of the cruiser to find Vader, fighting off waves of imperial troops while navigating the maze of debris.

* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': This comes into play [[spoiler:at the first final boss, Eve; who throughout the entire battle]] is letting these off left right and center as he completely loses it over [[spoiler:his brother/clone's death]]. It could be said that the final stages of this fight takes place ''inside'' an Angst Nuke.

* ''VideoGame/FairyBloom1'': The "怒", which is usually translated as "Anger", meter fills up when the plant takes damage, and the fairy can do a SmartBomb-type LimitBreak, using it all up.

* Elliot's 'Tamashii Gekido' from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is a small-scale example - a localized, omnidirectional wave of force that can throw an enemy clear across the room, and apparently draws on his suppressed anger and pent-up frustrations. It's somewhat of a 'legacy' example, too, since Dan Shive originally had plans for Elliot having a whole powerset built around drawing on the power of his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide inner darkness]], which he normally suppressed in order to maintain his 'boy-scout' persona - but wound up changing his mind and moving away from it, leaving Elliot to really ''be'' just as good-natured as he appears.

* [[BreathWeapon Weaponized]] by Lily in ''Roleplay/DorfQuest''.

* Over at Blog/DasSporking, Ket Makura does this so frequently over the ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' sporkings that she has an icon that says "Gehayi [her co-sporker] has to sweep me up in a dust pan". Mervin also occasionally explodes, which she represents with videos or pictures of atomic explosions.

* Like with many other things, ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}} 2: Deleted Scenes'' parodies it with an example in that the motivator is pretty innocuous:
-->'''Guy 1:''' Who parked their car... on my sandwich?!\\
'''Guy 2:''' ''(proudly) I'' did!\\
''(the first guy growls in anger, followed by nuke explosion blowing the other one and the car away)''
* ''WebOriginal/WhatColorAreYou'':
** The imp becomes so upset at you disturbing it and causing it to waste 10 precious seconds of its relaxing time that it explodes into a ball of fire, which burns down the gate it was perched on top of.
** When the player not only refuses to follow the angel and return to God's path for them but tells the angel that they don't ''want'' the destiny God has planned for them, the angel becomes so enraged that it explodes in a burst of divine light.

* PlayedForLaughs in the season 3 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. When [[TheHero Twilight Sparkle]] was freaking out over taking a mysterious test being given by her mentor [[BigGood Princess Celestia]], Spike tries to calm her down by saying it's just a test. Given this is [[SuperOCD Twilight Sparkle]], he should have known better.

* The final sketch in ''Machinima/TheGModIdiotBox'' episode 9. [[spoiler:After Derrick knocks Alex's candy out of his hand, Alex literally explodes with rage, and then proceeds to scream so loud he destroys the entire Earth. Both he and Derrick survive.]]

* In ''ComicBook/XMen'', this is how [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] first discovered his powers; his first daughter, Anya, was killed in a fire while he was prevented from rescuing her by villagers with a grudge. While the comic that shows it [[SmashToBlack cuts to a black panel]], his wife Magda's horrified reaction, and the smoking corpses when we next see him, heavily implies that he electrocuted the entire village, except for her, in one fell swoop.

* ''Website/SCPFoundation': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/decomm:scp-531-d SCP-531-D]], a since-then "[[KilledOffForReal decommissioned]]" RealityWarper, [[GodModeSue released waves of darkness that vaporized everything organic within a radius of half a mile around himself when he felt his mother die]].

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-]][[http://www.scp-wiki.net/decomm:scp-531-d 531-D]], a since-then "[[KilledOffForReal decommissioned]]" RealityWarper, [[GodModeSue released waves of darkness that vaporized everything organic within a radius of half a mile around himself when he felt his mother die]].

* In ''LightNovel/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'', [[spoiler:Édouard Snowflake gets fatally wounded in his battle with the demon onboard the train in Luxembourg. His younger sister Claris's powers build up as despair sets in, until she sorrowfully screams into the sky at which her energy unleashes in the form of libromancy magic, big enough to destroy the tunnel she's in]].

** During one episde, protagonist and resident PersonOfMassDestruction Aang loses his temper from the frustration of being unable to find his animal companion, Appa. The resulting explosion can be seen for miles in every direction and bears a striking resemblance to UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons. Luckily, he was in the middle of a desert on his own at the time so no bystanders were hurt, but Katara could still feel the backlash from miles away. Ironically, [[spoiler: Appa himself saw the explosion, but was tied down by a group of merchants and was stuck while he was desperately trying to get to Aang]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheNewUniverse'', the Star Brand wielder has this as one of their powers.

* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', [[PersonOfMassDestruction Asura]], who already draws power from rage, [[SuperpowerMeltdown absolutely loses it]] and undergoes one of these when [[spoiler: [[TearJerker the little girl and the village he's been trying to protect are destroyed by Olga]]]]. The result is Asura literally [[BurningWithAnger burning with anger]] as he [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome massacres an entire space fleet with it]].

* Ryouga learns an ultimate technique powered by his depression in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. There are two forms of this. A standard [[KiManipulation Ki Blast]], and the proper 'Angst Nuke'. The reason why Ryouga survives the nuke version is that the level of depression needed, combined with actually performing the technique, leave him emotionally dead for a few seconds, letting the attack pass right through him. Why it still affects inanimate matter is anyone's guess.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] EmotionBomb, which induces emotion as an attack. Any character using this probably has EmotionalPowers, especially when [[PentUpPowerPeril said power builds up as the emotion does]].

** The shining example of this is definitely the death of Lews Therin Telamon, The Dragon. After discovering that he slaughtered everyone he loved in his insanity, he Travels to the middle of nowhere and starts drawing ''massive'' amounts of ''saidin'',[[note]]i.e., magic energy[[/note]] drawing more and more until it killed him and erupted all at once. This eruption is described as a pillar of light from the earth to the sky, so bright that anyone who even glimpsed was permanently blinded. After the light vanished, an enormous erupting volcano spewed forth from the ground where he died. This mountain's name is Dragonmount and it's basically Mount Everest: Volcano Edition. Thus died the Lews Therin, The Dragon, Lord of the Morning, Prince of Dawn, Kinslayer.

* In a flashback in ''Series/AlteredCarbon'' episode "[[Recap/AlteredCarbonS01E04ForceOfEvil Force of Evil]]", Falconer relates the story of Iphigenia Deme, a freedom fighter on the planet Adoracion, who had herself implanted with explosives triggered by rage. She eventually was captured by CTAC and put into virtual torture. She finally told her interrogators that she would only confess to the bosses in the real world. When she got the top 17 CTAC officers in the room with her, she let her rage at them trying to make her betray her friends overwhelm her, and blew them all to hell.

* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': This comes into play [[spoiler:at the first final boss, Eve; who throughout the entire battle]] is letting these off left right and center as he completely loses it over [[spoiler:his brother/clone's death]]. It could be said that the final stages of this fight takes place *inside* an Angst Nuke.

** [[spoiler: The WarArc takes this UpToEleven when Madara/Tobi sets off ''six'' Angst Nukes within a close proximity of each other. The result was 6 jinchuuriki, [[OhCrap all in their V2 state]]]].

* Try [[UpToEleven Angst]] '''[[TheTunguskaEvent Tunguska]]''' - in ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'', when Celestia absorbs [[ShellShockedVeteran Marcus']] memories, she's so horrified by the war crimes she sees an evil alternate version of herself doing that she flies to "Ponguska, Sibearia" and has a cross-dimensional [[BadassBoast chat with her evil alter]] which culminated in an outstanding explosion of raw fury.

* ''VideoGame/{{The Punisher|THQ}}'' has a downplayed version of this. Frank has a [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Rage of Sparta]]-like mechanic that can be activated to increase his speed, melee attacks and regenerate his health. What makes it an Angst Nuke is that the in-game justification for the mechanic is that Frank is being empowered by the memories of traumatic war incidents and the deaths of his family (evidenced by echo-y cries heard in the background and flashes of comic book panels depicting such while the mode is active), and the fact that if any fragile object is nearby when it's activated, it'll break as a result. One can break glass bottles simply because they were around while Frank entered "[[FanNickname PTSD Mode]]". Keep in mind that [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Frank is not supposed to have superpowers]].