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-->-- '''Fluttershy''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

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

* Peggy does this in the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "''Goodbye Normal Jeans''". In the middle of her self-induced HumiliationConga due of Bobby being able to do the housework and cooking better than she can after Peggy learns that Hank was up all night [[SoProudOfYou bonding with Bobby over his newfound skills]]. Unable to accept that Bobby is better at her job than she is, she stomps into Bobby room and does so out of pure jealousy.

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

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Aragorn's SkywardScream in ''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 and 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.

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** Then proceeds to take a couple of pills, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments then scream into the pillow again.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': As depicted above, in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], shortly after learning from Steven that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond]], [[spoiler:Bismuth]] [[BlatantLies claims she's fine]] then goes off to yell [[SuperToughness into a pool of LAVA]].

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* In ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' chapter 25, Kimihito [[spoiler: shoves his head inside [[SlimeGirl Suu's]] body and screams at the top of his lungs when he learns that The Organization will cover all living expenses, basically meaning he put himself through hell all throughout the chapter for nothing.]]

* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul √ A'', [[spoiler: in the episode where Kaneki comes back]], Hinami, who's kept her emotions bottled up, because, since she's so young, she didn't know how to confront him about what he's doing, so she unleashes two out the window after the conflict is somewhat resolved.

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[[caption-width-right:350:When screaming into a pillow or to the heavens isn't enough!]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'' Princess Peonie does it a time or two [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=1033 here]] and [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=1023 here]] and [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=857 here]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:When screaming into a pillow or to the heavens isn't enough!]]

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* In ''[[Film/FortyTwo 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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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': As depicted above, in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], shortly after learning from Steven that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond]], [[spoiler:Bismuth]] [[BlatantLies claims she's fine]] then goes off to yell [[SuperToughness into pool of LAVA]].

* When Dave takes a crack at being a therapist in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', he suggests this to Lula over her anger issues as "primal screaming". She screams so loud that she ends up awakening an ancient evil deep underground.

* In ''Anime/ErgoProxy'', TheStoic detective Re-l keeps her calm throughout the series until a particular episode where ''nothing whatsoever'' happens for the entire episode. This forced idleness, multiplied by her lack of understanding of the [[OntologicalMystery overall plot]] and her companions' weirdly relaxed attitudes, finally drives her frustration over the edge. She decides to take it all out on the wind, which died at the beginning of the episode, stranding them in the middle of nowhere (since they are traveling on a wind-propelled land "boat"). [[RuleOfSymbolism The wind picks up immediately after she's done yelling.]]
* In ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'', Rei belts one out amidst an empty street after his post-game encounter with Yasui, venting out the frustration he gained from Yasui during and after the match. Yasui implicitly blaming Rei for not being able to have a have a happy last Christmas with his daughter (whose mother he's having an impending divorce with) is what sets it off.

** Then proceeds to take a couple pills, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments then scream into the pillow again.]]

* Yil, the main character of ''Literature/ToughMagic'', goes off by himself to think things over. He doesn't have much success until he lets out a scream of fustration.

* Peggy does this in the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "''Goodbye Normal Jeans''". In the middle of her self-induced HumiliationConga due of Bobby being able to do the housework and cooking better than she can, after Peggy learns that Hank was up all night [[SoProudOfYou bonding with Bobby over his newfound skills]]. Unable to accept that Bobby is better at her job than she is, she stomps into Bobby room and does so out of pure jealousy.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], shortly after learning from Steven that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond]], [[spoiler:Bismuth]] claims she's fine, then goes off to yell--right after after submerging her head [[SuperToughness into LAVA]].

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Gibbs lets out a an epic, gut-wrenching one of these after killing the man who killed his wife and daughter.

* When Dave takes a crack at being a therapist in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', he suggests this to Lulu over her anger issues as "primal screaming". She screams so loud that she ends up awakening an ancient evil deep underground.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honour"]], shortly after learning from Steven that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond]], [[spoiler:Bismuth]] does this. She does so by submerging her head [[MadeOfIron into LAVA]].

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* In ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' chapter 25, Kimihito [[spoiler: shoves his head inside [[SlimeGirl Suu's]] body and screams at the top of his lungs when he learns that The Organization will cover all living expenses, basically meaning he put himself through hell all throughout the chapter for nothing.]]

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* 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 and 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.
* In ''Film/FortyTwo'', 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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* Yil, the main character of ''Literature/ToughMagic'', goes off by himself to think things over. He doesn't have much success until he lets out a scream of fustration.

* [[Literature/DragonKnight Lady Angie]] lets out a loud and 'rather refreshing' scream upon seeing a dragon in her castle. Of course the next second she realizes it's just her husband.

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* In Series/{{Andromeda}}, Rev Bem mentions that when he studied at the Wayist school, there was a cliff nearby for such screams.
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Lydia, put on edge by a visit from the DEA who arrest one of her men, locks herself in her office and screams in a pillow before calling Mike to inform him.

* Series/{{NCIS}} Gibbs lets out a an epic, gut-wrenching one of these after killing the man who killed his wife and daughter.

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* In [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] review of Series/PowerRangersTurbo, he drops this little gem.
-->"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 LetsPlay/HellfireCommentaries playthrough of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', FTA's reaction to the "Who's the Captain?" mission.
-->'''FTA:''' WHAT?! You're fucking joking! Please tell me you're joking on that. Please tell me, tell me he, what, I, just... Excuse me for ten seconds, please... (''walks away from his mic'') WHAT THE FUCK?! GRAAAAAAAAH! (''thud thud thud thud'')
-->'''[=NTom=]:''' All better now?
-->'''FTA:''' You have no clue how close I am to wanting to kill myself, now.
* Arin of WebVideo/GameGrumps is the reigning champion of this.

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* 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 ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Sokka encourages Aang to do this in the episode "Nightmares and Daydreams" to alleviate the stress of preparing for the upcoming invasion. It doesn't work.
* Peggy does this in the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "''Goodbye Normal Jeans''". In the middle of her self-induced HumiliationConga due of Bobby being able to do the housework and cooking better than she can, after Peggy learns that Hank was up all night [[SoProudOfYou bonding with Bobby over his newfound skills]]. Unable to accept that Bobby is better at her job than she is, she stomps into Bobby room and does so out of pure jealousy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart and his friends get stranded in Tennessee during their Spring Break and are forced to get jobs to make enough money to get back home. Lisa finds out about this and is asked to keep their situation quiet, but when it becomes obvious that Bart won't be back in time, she is forced to confess to Homer what Bart did, forcing him to put on the helmet of a Hazmat suit and then...
* Bismuth in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' [[spoiler:shortly after learning from Steven that Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond]]. She does so by submerging her head [[MadeOfIron into LAVA]].

** Then proceeds to take a couple pills, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny then scream into the pillow again.]]

-->-- '''Fluttershy'''

* In ''{{Exiern}}'' Princess Peonie does it a time or two [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=1033 here]] and [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=1023 here]] and [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=857 here]].

* The NecroCritic does this using his cat the same way one would scream into a pillow.