History Main / CatharticScream

* In ''WesternAnimation/Cyberchase'', Hacker does this on occasion. For instance, when [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Buzz and Delete]] [[SurroundedByIdiots accidentally drop his]] [[FrankensteinsMonster undead monster]] right in the middle of his EvilGloating, Hacker quietly leaves the room and screams.

* In ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'', Hal is so frustrated over an expensive dental bill that he asks Lois for his "scream box". He screams and thrashes about after putting it on.

* In ''FinalFantasyX'', early in the game Tidus states that he just wants to scream. And he does so, right in the middle of the Killika Temple.

** In the phobia confession scene, the contestants have cause to suspect that Courtney is afraid of green Jell-O as per canon. [[note]]In [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama the original]], her fear was to green jelly in general, as opposed to the Jell-O brand specifically. [[/note]] This leads to a {{running gag}} wherein various people refer to this suspected phobia in passing and Courtney vehemently denies it. The alleged phobia is finally mentioned once too often, and "[t]he camp rang with Courtney's scream of frustration."

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* Early on in ''LiloAndStitch'', after an argument between Nani and Lilo, both of them retreat to scream into their respective pillows in frustration.

* Aragorn's SkywardScream in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'' doubles as this, since it follows a realization that he, Legolas, and Gimli have been chasing after their kidnapped friends for days on foot only to discover that they have been slaughtered along with their captors. And then Aragorn calms down, [[ScarilyCompetentTracker looks around an realizes]] that Merry and Pippin may have not been killed, after all. Of course, the real reason for the scream was that Viggo Mortensen broke his toe kicking a helmet, but they decided to just ThrowItIn because it fit the story so well.

* ''Film/HighAnxiety'': "I'm so close to my [[MenstrualMenace menstrual cycle]] that I could ''scream!''"

* Stated in ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' that, in addition to [[INeedAFreakingDrink desperately needing something alcoholic]], the cast listing for Minerva [=McGonagall=] states that she needs to go off somewhere private and scream for a while.

* In ''Film/{{42}}'', Jackie is ''brutally'' verbally harassed by a racist hick on the opposing team. You will want to punch the guy in the face, [[GroinAttack and maybe a few other places as well]]. After five straight minutes of this, Jackie calls a timeout, goes down to the dugout hallway, and [[HeroicBSOD screams his lungs out while slamming his bat into the walls so hard it breaks, and even after that he keeps hitting it.]]

* In ''{{Film/42}}'', Jackie is ''brutally'' verbally harassed by a racist hick on the opposing team. You will want to punch the guy in the face, [[GroinAttack and maybe a few other places as well]]. After five straight minutes of this, Jackie calls a timeout, goes down to the dugout hallway, and [[HeroicBSOD screams his lungs out while slamming his bat into the walls so hard it breaks, and even after that he keeps hitting it.]]

* In ''Film/42'', Jackie is ''brutally'' verbally harassed by a racist hick on the opposing team. You will want to punch the guy in the face, [[GroinAttack and maybe a few other places as well]]. After five straight minutes of this, Jackie calls a timeout, goes down to the dugout hallway, and [[HeroicBSOD screams his lungs out while slamming his bat into the walls so hard it breaks, and even after that he keeps hitting it.]]

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* In the HellfireCommentaries playthrough of ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'', FTA's reaction to the "Who's the Captain?" mission.

* In the last episode of ''{{Undergrads}}'', Brody and Krueger are studying for exam week, when the social and academic pressures become too much for Brody. He opens up a window and starts screaming. Krueger declares it brilliant, and joins in, sparking a chain reaction which eventually causes the entire city to erupt in a massive chorus of screams.

* In ''LiveActionTV/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', Hal is so frustrated over an expensive dental bill that he asks Lois for his "scream box". He screams and thrashes about after putting it on.

* In [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] review of PowerRangersTurbo, he drops this little gem.

* In the film ''BringingDownTheHouse'', SteveMartin's character listens to a (presumably long) confession from his teenage daughter about all the things in her life. After hearing this, he calmly walks upstairs, takes a pillow, holds it to his face, and screams.

* In ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', the school counselor tries to teach Gumball and Darwin scream therapy. Gumball can only muster up a feeble squeak, while Darwin blows a huge bubble that pops so loud it leaves the other's ears ringing and is shown with StockFootage of an atomic bomb test.

* ''HighAnxiety'': "I'm so close to my [[MenstrualMenace menstrual cycle]] that I could ''scream!''"

* In the film ''BringingDownTheHouse'', SteveMartin's character listens to a (presumably long) confession from his teenage daughter about all the things in her life. After hearing this, he calmly walks upstairs, takes a pillow, holds it to his face, and screams.

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* In {{Andromeda}}, Rev Bem mentions that when he studied at the Wayist school, there was a cliff nearby for such screams.


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-->"After a filler episode where they get baked into a giant pizza... Excuse me for a moment." *walks away from the mic, lets out a loud scream of torment, then walks back* "The story then continues in ''The Phantom Phenomenon''..."
* In the HellfireCommentaries playthrough of ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2006}}'', FTA's reaction to the "Who's the Captain?" mission.

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* In the last episode of ''{{Undergrads}}'', Brody and Krueger are studying for exam week, when the social and academic pressures become too much for Brody. He opens up a window and starts screaming. Krueger declares it brilliant, and joins in, sparking a chain reaction which eventually causes the entire city to erupt in a massive chorus of screams.

* In ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', the school counselor tries to teach Gumball and Darwin scream therapy. Gumball can only muster up a feeble squeak, while Darwin blows a huge bubble that pops so loud it leaves the other's ears ringing and is shown with StockFootage of an atomic bomb test.

* Played for laughs in The Golden Girls, the episode where Rose fears she has AIDS. Blanche tells her to scream or throw something or whatever to let it all out, and it appears she's going to, but it's just a loud "HECK!". Possibly a subversion. Played straighter another time when someone, I think Blanche, said "I'm so mad I could scream" and then did. Prompting a "that's the first time I ever heard someone say that and then do it" type comment from Rose.

* TheDragon in ''TotalRecall'' does this at least once after Quaid has gotten away from him.

* In ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', the school counselor tries to teach Gumball and Darwin scream therapy. Gumball can only muster up a feeble squeak, while Darwin blows a huge bubble that pops so loud it leaves the other's ears ringing.

* In {{Linkara}}'s review of PowerRangersTurbo, he drops this little gem.

* In ''FinalFantasyX'', early in the game [[TheIshmael Tidus]] states that he just wants to scream. And he does so, right in the middle of the Killika Temple.

* Fluttershy does this in the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Green Isn't Your Color". Because she's timid and quiet, her scream humorously came out as more of a long squeal.